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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Meet the new neighbors: The solar system expands. Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:58:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <vc02nk$jpb$2@reader1.panix.com> References: <lkdv73Fp9m8U1@mid.individual.net> <vbtclf$3scpu$2@dont-email.me> <vbvo9d$eq8a$1@dont-email.me> <vc01pe$jpb$1@reader1.panix.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:58:28 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="20267"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 4096 Lines: 73 In article <vc01pe$jpb$1@reader1.panix.com>, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote: >In article <vbvo9d$eq8a$1@dont-email.me>, >William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote: >>Cryptoengineer wrote: >>> On 9/11/2024 3:53 PM, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2024, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-stunned-by-unexpected-discovery- >>>>> of-new-celestial-bodies-in-the-outer-solar-system/ >>>>> >>>>> Astronomers Stunned by Unexpected Discovery of New Celestial >>>>> Bodies in the Outer Solar System >>>>> >>>>> Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified >>>>> previously unknown celestial bodies in the outer Solar >>>>> System, suggesting a larger, unexplored expanse that parallels >>>>> other planetary systems. >>>>> >>>>> These findings, including a possible second ring of Kuiper >>>>> Belt Objects, could reshape our understanding of planetary >>>>> formation and potentially boost the chances of discovering >>>>> extraterrestrial life by revealing a more extensive and >>>>> typical structure of our Solar System compared to others. >>>>> Discovery of New Objects in the Outer Solar System >>>>> >>>>> Observations of the outer Solar System with the Subaru >>>>> Telescope have discovered new bodies where none were expected. >>>>> The new objects are likely members of a much larger population >>>>> waiting to be discovered. This discovery has profound >>>>> implications for our understanding of the structure and >>>>> history of the Solar System. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Ahh... so Subaru expanded from cars to telescopes! And planet X might >>>> exist after all. ;) >>> >>> The car company has nothing to do with the telescope. >>> >>> The telescope is at Mauna Kea, but is owned by the National Observatory >>> of Japan. >>> >>> The Japanese word for the Pleiades star cluster is 'Subaru'. Try looking >>> at a Subaru car badge sometime, and you'll see the star cluster. >>> >>> Despite being known as the 'seven sisters', the logo has only six stars. >>> This matches what is actually naked eye visible now. When the cluster >>> acquired that name, seven were visible, but proper motion has since >>> moved two of them too close to resolve. >> >>When I first read about this cluster sixty years ago my reference said >>that people with "exceptionally good eyesight" could still distinguish >>seven stars. >> >>Was this true sixty years ago, or could my source possibly have >>uncritically quoted some older work written when this was true? >>Or was it just nonsense? >> >>There was no point in testing it myself - I was pleased that I could see >>six stars. >> >>At the moment, I can't think of much SF that involves this cluster. >> >In a tremendous coincidence, the item I am revieweing next Wednesday >is set there. > Dickson's None But Man is set there, I think. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll