Tuesday, 02. August 2005
10. Planet / 10th Planet

The big question now: How does the 10th planet affect my daily horoscope?
Die grosse Frage jetzt: Wie beeinflusst der 10. Planet nun mein tägliches Horoskop?

A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system. The planet is a typical member of the Kuiper belt, but its sheer size in relation to the nine planets already known means that it can only be classified as a planet.

Tenth Planet by Astrobiology Magazine. (English)

Elsewhere:
A chunk of rock and ice that may be a planet has been discovered in the farthest reaches of the solar system, astronomers announced Friday. The object, currently called 2003 UB313, orbits the sun and is larger than Pluto, traditionally considered the ninth planet in the solar system.

New Planet Discovered in the Solar System? by National Geographic. (English)

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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


Amerikanische Astronomen glauben, einen zehnten Planeten im Sonnensystem entdeckt zu haben: Das Team um Dr. Mike Brown vom California Institute of Technology gab am Freitagabend die Entdeckung eines typischen Kuiper-Gürtel-Objektes bekannt, das allerdings größer als der Planet Pluto ist. Daher, so die Ansicht der Forscher, könne man es nur als Planet klassifizieren.

Zehnter Planet im Kuiper-Gürtel entdeckt? von AstroNews. (German)

Anderswo:
Der Planet ist ein typisches Objekt des Kuiper-Gürtel, jedoch gelangte er irgendwie zu der Ehre einen Orbit um die Sonne zu erlangen. Seine Größe ist jedoch so beeindruckend, dass er sich den Namen "Planet" echt verdient, wie Dr. Brown erklärte.

Zehnter Planet entdeckt von Raumfahrer.net. (German)


UPDATE 03.08.05 @ 12.36 Uhr:

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The discovery of a new planet in our Solar System could have an unintended consequence - the elimination of Pluto in the list of planets everyone has in their heads. Is it time to wave this distant, dark piece of rock farewell?

Farewell Pluto? by BBC News.


UPDATE 04.08.05 @ 13.06 Uhr:

The claim Friday that a 10th planet has been discovered in our solar system has set off a fresh round of debate and international talks aimed at defining the most vexing term in astronomy: the word planet.
A formal proposal could come within a week or two. But some astronomers see no easy resolution.

Defining 'Planet': Newfound World Forces Action by Space.com


UPDATE 30.09.05 @ 13.11 Uhr

THE WORLD still waits, with bated breath, to know whether 2003 UB313, the object larger and farther away than Pluto whose discovery was revealed at the end of July, ends up as a planet or a mere Kuiper belt object, and what it will be called.

Planetary man by New Scientist


UPDATE 04.10.05 @ 13.30 Uhr

The tenth planet is not even officially a planet yet - for now its only official designation is 2003 UB313. Its moon is at least a tenth of UB313's size.

Moon discovered orbiting tenth planet by New Scientist Space

Elsewhere:

Tenth Planet Has a Moon
by SpaceRef.

'10th planet' has moon companion by BBC News

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This Keck Observatory image shows the
planet in the centre, and the moon
as a small dot at the 3 o'clock
position (Image: WM Keck Observatory)



UPDATE 02.02.06 @ 12.22 Uhr

"Tenth Planet" Larger Than Pluto, Study Confirms by National Geographic.
Scientists have measured the size of a solar system object discovered last year and confirmed that it is larger than Pluto.

Deutsch: Xena könnte Pluto verdrängen von Spiegel Online.
Schon seine Entdeckung hatte für Streit gesorgt: Soll Xena als zehnter Planet des Sonnensystems gelten? Oder Pluto nur noch als Asteroid? Jetzt wurde der Himmelskörper 2003 UB313 erstmals vermessen. Er ist deutlich größer als Pluto - und vielleicht sogar größer als unser Mond.
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