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Strangest Kuiper Belt Objects: The Top Five

astroengine.com — The Kuiper belt is located just beyond the orbit of Neptune, where Pluto lives. It is a strange and mysterious place and we are only just beginning to uncover the zoo of objects hiding in it. Here is a brief run-down of the strangest five Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), and the strangest KBO will surprise you...

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 11, 2008

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  • marskid2, on 11/11/2008, -0/+13I guess there's a new object called "403 Forbidden." Must have been discovered just before "404 File Not Found." Both are weird names.
  • Mujokan, on 11/11/2008, -1/+6I get a 403 page if I jump directly from Digg, but accessing through the main page http://www.astroengine.com/ works?

    Anyway, interesting site.
  • freefm, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4You need definitions to be consistent if they are to mean anything. Plus you can define Pluto as a planet and no one's going to stop you. You don't have to subscribe to the IAU's arbitrary definitions.
  • sipsyrup, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4It's cool that some objects are just orbiting in the opposite direction. They must be from Britain?
  • ImYourRealDad, on 11/11/2008, -1/+5down already...fantastic.
  • mcduck, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4Congratulations.
  • mentaldingo, on 11/10/2008, -0/+4Dugg for potato planet.
  • mcduck, on 11/11/2008, -2/+5Pluto is a planet! Damn you IAU for degrading it!
  • inactive, on 11/10/2008, -2/+51000 years from now they'll be able to tow a KBO bak to earth for a new water source.
  • noen, on 11/11/2008, -0/+3Dugg because I am sick and tired of politics.
  • inactive, on 11/11/2008, -0/+3"You cannot bury a comment twice."

  • eeron, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2back up now... Digg effect didn't last too long...
  • pixel4e, on 11/11/2008, -2/+4Are you sirius?
  • alenade, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2That potato planet is... well, it's creepy.
  • drex8, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2No mirrors.
    We are all sold out.
  • RogerStrong, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2The first asteroids discovered between Mars and Jupiter were originally labelled planets. Then astronomers discovered that there were a whole lot of them, and the label was dropped.
  • drex8, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1Whats with the divider in the middle of that page?
    Anyway, you think the humans can one day harness all that ice from those KPOs and make Mars or Venus a habitable planet?
  • artofficial, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1I'm with you man.

    Bring back Pluto! ..or pluto...for the time being.
  • Mujokan, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1Scary stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y4crGU7dkg

    See if the very start reminds you of some other movie...
  • artofficial, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1I hope not... weve done enough damage to one planet already.
  • Mujokan, on 11/11/2008, -1/+2Read the rest of the comments. It was down for a while, now it's back up. Tried not being a dick about everything?
  • rockon4life45, on 11/11/2008, -2/+2Digg should make it's new post-Obama mission to get Pluto reinstated as a planet.
  • skycop56, on 11/11/2008, -0/+0I wonder if Alice Kramden is floating around up there?
  • mikedoth, on 11/11/2008, -3/+3The thumbnail was done in Blender3d, open source goodness!
  • CATSCEO2, on 11/11/2008, -2/+1No one cares.
  • crossmr, on 11/11/2008, -3/+1works fine for me right from digg. Have you tried not sucking?
  • bizzywho, on 11/11/2008, -2/+0Digg effect...anyone have a mirror?
  • jhuik, on 11/11/2008, -4/+1How about 403 Forbidden planet? That one sucks.
  • mike81890, on 11/11/2008, -8/+2fail. "Why so sirius" would have worked better
  • inactive, on 11/11/2008, -9/+1I commented!

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