| Distance to New Planet |
| The discovery of 'the most distant object ever orbiting the sun' was made by Dr. Michael Brown; assisstant professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. The object has been named "Sedna" after the Inuit Goddess of the Ocean. The new planet is approximately 1250 miles in diameter. The last time a true planet was found in our solar system; it was 74 years ago. Pluto, with a diameter of 1400 miles, was discovered way back in 1930. Planet X, the tenth planet, has long been a controversial and highly debated subject. Many smaller bodies do orbit the sun in this dark, cold region of space known as the Kuiper belt. What celetial bodies can be classified as true planets? Sedna is the most distant planet known going around the sun. It's size is nearly identical to Pluto. The quetion about whether or not Sedna is a real planet or not will be argued, although, Sedna qualifies as the tenth planet! So how far away is our tenth planet, Sedna? There is a prediction made by a fellow webmaster who says that the next planet will be 7 billion miles away from the sun. There is an article concerning an old mathematical formula used by astronomers to mathematically illustrate the progression of each planet out from the Sun. Known as Bode's Law, it was used as a real relationship and was instrumental in the discovery of the Asteroid Belt at the 2.8A.U. postion. In the article, readers could check the planetary orbital positions, and compare them to that of the Bode's progression. The two very closely correspond. However, Bode's Law was discarded with the discovery of Neptune in 1846. In reality, Pluto actually conform's to Bode's position! The author of the article in reference theorized in October, 2 years ago, that when the trans-plutonian planet was found, it would also conform to Bode's Law at a distance of 7 billion miles! Interesting..... |