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2 February 2006
No… We have 8 planets, not 9!
I did a blog awhile back on the 8 planets in the solar system. That’s right 8 planets. Not the 9 that your grammar school and high school text books say. Well today my view of the solar system got another boost. Seems that astronomers have detected another big object orbiting the sun. It’s official name is UB313. The discoverer wants to name it the planet Xena. Before you think …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.