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Thread #93891 Message #1812430
Posted By: Raedwulf
17-Aug-06 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: How many planets are there?
Subject: RE: BS: How many planets are there?
Wolfgang has put hammer & nail together quite accurately.
On the subject of Sedna, Quaoar, & various others, at the moment they are all "pending further investigation". To quote, "More objects are likely to be announced as planets in the future. The IAU has a "watchlist" of at least a dozen other potential candidates that could become planets once more is known about their sizes and orbits.
These include the distant objects Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar and 2003 EL61 and the asteroids Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea."