The "big" news of the week is not about elections. It's not about William Hung's reappearance on American Idol. It's not about the numerous events happening all over the world that I can't bring myself to talk about.
Sedna, a planetoid slightly smaller than Pluto has been discovered at the outer fringes of our solar system. It's blows the mind to imagine how far it is from the Sun:
It's so far away, our Sun would look like a speck that can be blocked out by the head of a pin from its surface. It challenges the way we think about Pluto. (Should Pluto be 'demoted' to a planetoid?). It may even have a moon orbiting it.
We often question why should we focus so much attention on something so far away when there is still much to do here at home. I would say that sometimes, all a problem needs is new perspective - the kind that a 10,500-year solar orbit would give.
Posted by Najah Nasseri at 2004年03月17日 22:33 | TrackBackHow true.
And sometimes, that perspective leads us to find out all manner of other truths, some even painful.
Some even painful.
Posted by: Ash.ox at 2004年03月17日 23:25Sedna is still dubbed "planetoid", NASA scientist said because it does (or still does not) meet the requirements of a planet.
And it has the weirdest orbit, highly elliptical - Sedna takes 10,500 years to orbit Sun. And if it does make it to the Solar System planet list, there might be a name change...
Posted by: spoonfork at 2004年03月17日 23:33how interesting this is; to me it means - one Sedna year would make every earth woman very happy to note that she is not yet a day older tomorrow *L*; and william hung is histerical*L*
Posted by: marilyn at 2004年03月18日 01:35This only proves to show that however much we expand our minds, there is always things that we still are not aware about. There is always someone that knows more, and there is always some things we dont know.
How then can we ever speak with authority on anything?
Posted by: TiFische at 2004年03月18日 08:38