Object Defies Categorization As Planet or Star

Object Defies Categorization As Planet or Star 119

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:48PM from the stella-incognito dept.

Kligat writes "The COROT project of the French Space Agency has detected an object described as defying categorization as a planet, star, or brown dwarf. Although only 0.8 times the radius of Jupiter, it is over 20 times as massive, giving it a density twice that of the metal platinum. If it is a star, it would be the smallest of those ever discovered."

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Um... (Score:5, Funny)

by IronMagnus ( 777535 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:49PM (#23659723)

Thats no moon...

Thats no moon ... (Score:5, Funny)

by hostyle ( 773991 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:50PM (#23659739)

Eh. how about calling it "large dense object in space" also known as The Shatner

How massive (Score:5, Funny)

by powerlord ( 28156 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:51PM (#23659755) Journal

Oddly enough, the interstitial ad for this is for "Mass Effect"

Chuch Norris (Score:4, Funny)

by Swizec ( 978239 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:56PM (#23659855) Homepage

Only Chuck Norris could ever be denser than platinum, so this is either him or soon getting destroyed because only Chuck Norris can defy the laws of physics.

The Great Evil? (Score:3, Funny)

by fitten ( 521191 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:57PM (#23659865)

Quick... somebody run find Leeloo...

Sorry... (Score:1, Funny)

by Volatar ( 1099775 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:58PM (#23659879) Homepage

My bathroom broke on an interstellar sight-seeing trip and I had to go real bad...

Re:Um... (Score:5, Funny)

by rk ( 6314 ) * writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:58PM (#23659885) Journal

Cue the Death Star references in 3... damn! Late to the party again!

Brown Dwarf... (Score:5, Funny)

by OMNIpotusCOM ( 1230884 ) * writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @05:59PM (#23659907) Homepage Journal

...needs classification badly

Re:Thats no moon ... (Score:5, Funny)

by TigerNut ( 718742 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:02PM (#23659959) Homepage Journal

I have mod points, but there is no category for "oddly appropriate gratuitous abuse". Whadya think?

Re:Sorry... (Score:3, Funny)

by Nos. ( 179609 ) writes: <andrewNO@SPAMthekerrs.ca> on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:09PM (#23660097) Homepage

Nibbler?

Re:The Great Evil? (Score:3, Funny)

by ChowRiit ( 939581 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:20PM (#23660285)

We don't need to worry until it rings Bill Gates...

Re:Thats no moon ... (Score:4, Funny)

by BlueStrat ( 756137 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:25PM (#23660377)

Eh. how about calling it "large dense object in space" also known as The Shatner

Or how about just "Shat" for short?

[Father O'Flannery voice] Aye, ye'll be burnin' in purgatory fer that one, me boy-o! [/Father O'Flannery voice]

Sorry.

Really.

Strat

Re:Sorry... (Score:5, Funny)

by Tr3vin ( 1220548 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:45PM (#23660697)

My bathroom broke on an interstellar sight-seeing trip and I had to go real bad...
That had to hurt. The object is much larger than Uranus...

Re:Um... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:48PM (#23660745)

To replace a lot of "funny" tags on post there should be a new categorization called "obligatory."

Because I, for one, welcome our new obligatory overlords.

Re:Um... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:55PM (#23660851)

It already exists. It is called -1 Troll.

Re:Sorry... (Score:5, Funny)

by inode_buddha ( 576844 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @07:16PM (#23661157) Journal

It must have been the Captain's Log...

Can't be a planet (Score:4, Funny)

by AstrumPreliator ( 708436 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @07:23PM (#23661239)

It can't be a planet, by definition:

* is in orbit around the Sun,
* has sufficient mass so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and
* has "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.
Emphasis mine.

Re:You think ? (Score:3, Funny)

by amilham ( 737749 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @08:04PM (#23661539)

pluto was not able to defy reclassification as 'not planet' after a few hundred years.

Except that Pluto wasn't even discovered until 1930. Not really 'a few hundred years'.

Indianna Jones and the Platinum Planet!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by Zarf ( 5735 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @08:10PM (#23661589) Journal

Woo! That movie is gonna be awesome!

Feh... (Score:4, Funny)

by msauve ( 701917 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @08:10PM (#23661593)

it's just a Nibblonian [wikipedia.org] latrine.

Obviously, it's... (Score:3, Funny)

by naz404 ( 1282810 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @08:33PM (#23661863) Homepage

YO MOMMA!
cuz yo mommma so fat, she got two smaller mommas orbiting around her!

Text Excerpt from the Interview (Score:3, Funny)

by Fieryphoenix ( 1161565 ) writes: on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @10:24PM (#23662939)

Geraldo Springer: I must insist you answer me! Are you a planet, or a star?
[sputters]

Unclassified Object: I may be a star... perhaps.
[lays pinky finger to corner of mouth]
Or am I a planet?
[simpers]
Or maybe, just maybe
[faces away from camera, drops pants, bends over]
I AM A MOON!

FSA? (Score:3, Funny)

by 4D6963 ( 933028 ) writes: on Thursday June 05, 2008 @03:29AM (#23664839)

The French Space Agency? That's funny, I'm French and I didn't even know we had that. Don't they mean European rather than French?

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Um... (Score:5, Funny)

Thats no moon ... (Score:5, Funny)

How massive (Score:5, Funny)

Chuch Norris (Score:4, Funny)

The Great Evil? (Score:3, Funny)

Sorry... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:5, Funny)

Brown Dwarf... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Thats no moon ... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sorry... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:The Great Evil? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Thats no moon ... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Sorry... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Sorry... (Score:5, Funny)

Can't be a planet (Score:4, Funny)

Re:You think ? (Score:3, Funny)

Indianna Jones and the Platinum Planet!!! (Score:3, Funny)

Feh... (Score:4, Funny)

Obviously, it's... (Score:3, Funny)

Text Excerpt from the Interview (Score:3, Funny)

FSA? (Score:3, Funny)

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