New planet

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From: Frode Tennebo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:29

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Astronomers at the 2.2-meter-telescope at Mauna Kea have recently
discovered a new planet in the solarsystem, which ut to this time has been
unknown. The planet, which has temporarily has been named 1992 QB1
(where those astronomers get their names from beats me), is more than six
billion kilometers (app. 5.56 light-hours) away and orbits slowly around
the sun outside the orbit of Pluto.

1992 QB1 is much smaller than Pluto, perhaps only 200 kilometers in
diameter. Pluto has a diameter of 2400 km.

I don't know HOW new this information is and if it is common knowledge
"out there", but if anybody has more information about this planet, I,
and probably more with me, will be most interested.
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