Greets all >From the Vanlug President in Vancouver, B.C., Canada;
> Hi, all. > > Those of you who are into both Linux and astronomy are likely very > familiar with XEphem, > > http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/ > > Here's some data that's worth plugging into it: > > http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02T34.html > > It seems that Chad Trujillo and Mike Brown at CalTech have discovered > what is in essence a tenth planet. Quaoar (pronounced kwah-o-wahr), as > the discoverers are calling it, is about 1250 km in diameter (roughly > the size of Pluto's moon Charon, and quite a bit larger than 1 Ceres, > the largest minor planet). Nothing larger has been found in our solar > system since Pluto was discovered in 1930. It's huge: If one took the > 50,000 numbered asteroids and put them together, the result would be > smaller than Quaoar. It may be a KBO (Kuiper Belt Object), but some > KBO! It was discovered four months ago, but the news has been kept > secret until very recently. Prediscovery imagery dating back twenty > years has been identified. This thing could have been discovered a long > time ago, had anyone been looking in the right place. > > For details, see http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~chad/quaoar/ > > Note that all information on this page is embargoed for another few > hours (until 12:30PM CDT today). Start looking for mention of this in > newspapers, TV, and radio starting tonight. > > -- > Dave Michelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---tm--- Some of the easiest distro's for newbies to try: http://www.Lycoris.com http://www.mandrake-linux.com/en/ Linux Registration Number : 184093, http://counter.li.org _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
