[Ace]

Originally posted by Xelion
Seeing it has a similar environment to Mars, it could have possibly had some life in the very distant past... why its on such an orbit is unusual.

Errmm... what part of tiny, round, dirty iceball at the edge of the solar system resembles Mars? Other than the round part...

Also, its orbit is pretty usual for a KBO.

[Xelion]

color, surface features I guess just basically what I said before, ENVIRONMENT.

[Ace]

Originally posted by Xelion
color, surface features I guess just basically what I said before, ENVIRONMENT.

First off, we don't know what the surface features are. Plus environment would take into conditions such as surface temperature and composition, which is definately not going to be like Mars despite similar coloration.

[Knight Templar]

I thought they said it was red?

And Inuit? That seems a little out of place, what with the current naming scheme of the solar system...

[Bobboau]

Mars is almost liveable, this thing probly has oceans of liquid nitrogen,
it's a planet made entierly out of ice.
it's realy. fuc'n. cold.
mars on the other hand gets up to (I beleve) about 60(f) around the equator

[Nico]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
I thought they said it was red?

And Inuit? That seems a little out of place, what with the current naming scheme of the solar system...

Iniut??? Change that name, it's not FS2 canon!!!!
ah, oups, wrong place.

[Xelion]

News is as misleading as it can be.. so I'm not saying anything more until I know something solid

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Bobboau
Mars is almost liveable, this thing probly has oceans of liquid nitrogen,
it's a planet made entierly out of ice.
it's realy. fuc'n. cold.
mars on the other hand gets up to (I beleve) about 60(f) around the equator

'tis so far away, that you can block out the sun with the end of a pin.  Bit like Aberdeen, then.  

[Flipside]

LOL Better than Glasgow, you have to FIND the sun first

[Corsair]

...new planet.

There's still something out there though....I think.

[Flipside]

oid

Theres loads out there But if you mean theres still something in the Solar System we haven't found yet, as far as I'm aware the answer is yes.
I'm not sure if it was ever solved, but I do know that there are variations in Pluto's orbit that it was thought could only have been caused by a large gravitational force outside the orbit of Pluto, larger than Mr and Mrs Rock anyway

[Grey Wolf]

I'm still amused by the Nemesis concept....

[Flipside]

hehehehe That's the Discworld of the 80's that is

Theres still some evidence to support Vulcan oddly enough

[Lightspeed]

Mars goes up to ~ 22° C on warmer spots

Near volcanoes probably even warmer.

The little Sedna, on the other hand doesn't get any warmer than -230 °C, nor does it have an atmosphere like Mars does.

Also, being red doesn't even mean its made from the same substances.

[adwight]

Why don't they just take the Hubble and have it take pictures?  I thought that thing could take pictures of things outside our solar system.

[StratComm]

They'd have to get on the list to point the Hubble in the right direction.  It's several years long IIRC.  Of course, I can't remember ever seeing any pictures of planets or asteroids actually taken with the hubble either, so it may be too powerful to see anything at that close a range.

[Liberator]

That's assuming it last's that long.   Stupid Beaurecrats.   Fire the Director or NASA NOW!

[Ace]

Hubble has taken shots of several planets in the solar system. It cannot take shots of Mercury due to the risk of the sun damaging the instruments on Hubble since it was not designed for the type of light exposure it would receive.

The list has nothing to do with beaurocrats in NASA, it does deal with the fact that the Hubble is a limited asset due to the lack of space telescopes. If you want to blame someone, blame the people who are cutting the NASA budget and forcing the "smaller, cheaper, faster" probes as opposed to projects such as Hubble or the inferometers. But if you have to fire someone, since the Vice President is the one in charge of NASA, fire Dick Cheney

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Ace
fire Dick Cheney

best thing i heard all day.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
Mars goes up to ~ 22° C on warmer spots

Near volcanoes probably even warmer.
 

I don't think so. Since Mars is a dead planet w/o tectonic activities or anything, I'd assume the volcanoes are dead too, no?
I don't know, heh, I'm just asking.