# "Unusual" Object in Solar System ... What is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958 "2004-03-12T20:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/1 "2004-03-12T20:23:58Z")
[http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/mar/HQ\_n04040\_solar\_object.html](http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/mar/HQ_n04040_solar_object.html) > [@](#): > > \*\*NASA Schedules News Briefing About Unusual Solar Object \*\* > > **The discovery of a mysterious object in our solar system** is the topic of a listen-and-log-on news briefing on Monday, March 15, at 1 p.m. EST. > Dr. Michael Brown, associate professor of planetary astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. will present his discovery of the most distant object ever detected orbiting the sun. So … Rendevous with Rama, or just the most distant Kuiper Belt/Oort Cloud snowball? ---
**Author:** ![Feit\_C\_Taj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@Feit\_C\_Taj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feit_C_Taj)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/2 "2004-03-12T20:34:29Z")
Rupert has been found! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/3 "2004-03-12T20:56:13Z")
Planet 10! ---
**Author:** ![Fritz\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@Fritz\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/4 "2004-03-12T21:43:30Z")
It’s a giant cue ball. Just orbiting and waiting for the right time to move in and hit the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/5 "2004-03-12T21:52:04Z")
When I first read the headline, I thought perhaps it could be a Planet X deal, but naw, Brown’s a KBO guy. It’s most likely just another dirty snowball. If it’s a _distant_ dirty snowball, then it’s got to be a _big_ dirty snowball in order to be detected. Maybe he’s found something bigger than Pluto, which will bring up the whole annoying Is-Pluto-a-Planet stink again. Bah. Signed, Podkayne, Planetary Astronomy Killjoy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/6 "2004-03-13T00:04:01Z")
Footfall ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/7 "2004-03-13T00:28:56Z")
Is it from Klendathu? EVERYBODY OUT OF BUENOS AIRES! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/8 "2004-03-13T01:21:12Z")
So that’s where Waldo went… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/9 "2004-03-13T02:03:35Z")
Does it have 3 heads? And 2 tail? With wings? [If so, we’re in deep do-do, baby! Click HERE.](http://www.godzillascorner.com/Web%20Page%20Graphics/GhidrahFinal.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/10 "2004-03-13T02:06:09Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Footfall We better get the nuclear bomb powered space ship under construction then. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/11 "2004-03-13T05:04:28Z")
**Damn!** , they´ve found me out! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/12 "2004-03-13T05:17:53Z")
[First reference!](http://pic.templetons.com/burnpic/burn2/monolith.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/13 "2004-03-13T06:13:16Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > When I first read the headline, I thought perhaps it could be a Planet X deal, but naw, Brown’s a KBO guy. It’s most likely just another dirty snowball. If it’s a _distant_ dirty snowball, then it’s got to be a _big_ dirty snowball in order to be detected. Maybe he’s found something bigger than Pluto, which will bring up the whole annoying Is-Pluto-a-Planet stink again. > > Bah. > > Signed, > Podkayne, > Planetary Astronomy Killjoy. > > 😉 Well, if that is so, it will confirm what we suspected for a long time: Pluto **IS** a Mickey Mouse planet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![acaveman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@acaveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acaveman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-object-in-solar-system-what-is-it/233958/14 "2004-03-13T06:17:19Z")
God only knows what it is. Probably faked like the Mar’s pics. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!! I will be looking there on Monday, though. thanks for the heads up.