BBC: Distant object found orbiting Sun
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Fri, 2005-07-29 00:00.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Distant object found orbiting Sun. I always get a thrill out of these new discoveries. The hairs raised on my arm and a chill went over me both times when Sedna and Quaoar were found in 2004 and 2002 respectively. Same thing happened just now.
This one — which is currently known as both ‘2003 EL61’ and ‘K40506A’ since two teams may be able to claim its discovery — may be bigger than Pluto.