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Brazil to Announce Discovery in Outer Solar System | |
Hydra  User ID: 56112288  Germany03/26/2014 10:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Hydra It seems NASAs press department don't either proof read or research: "But the newly found 2012 VP113 has an orbit that stays even beyond Sedna, making it the furthest known in the solar system." [link to www.nasa.gov] Ahmm: 2012 VP113: Aphelion = 446AU [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] Sedna: Aphelion = 937AU [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] I didn't know that 446 is greater than 937. . Ugh, so much fail, so little time. I'm assuming they mean the perihelion of 2012 VP113 is greater than the perihelion of Sedna, but what they actually wrote there is wrong. The orbit does not stay beyond Sedna... ugh. And as usual half of the media mischpoke puplished the ... ahm ... error. "Quality journalism" at it's best.  . Just wait until BPearthwatch gets his hands on this mess. He'll be identifying 2012 VP113 in STEREO images in no time! lol ... and - I N C O M I N G ! LOL . :ase26122019: Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 53848324  Norway03/27/2014 07:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Snip:An international team of astronomers, led by Felipe Braga-Ribas (Observatório Nacional/MCTI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), has used telescopes at seven locations in South America, including the 1.54-metre Danish and TRAPPIST telescopes at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, to make a surprise discovery in the outer Solar System. Quoting: leonine This unexpected result raises several unanswered questions and is expected to provoke much debate. A press conference will be held in Brazil to present the new results and allow opportunities for questions. Note that all information regarding these findings is under strict embargo until 19:00 CET (15:00 BRT) on Wednesday 26 March 2014." When: The conference will be held on 26 March 2014 at 14:30 local time (BRT) and will take place in Portuguese with a summary in English. so what was announced? |
