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From: ran@ho95e.UUCP (RANeinast)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: tenth planet (Charon/Chiron)
Message-ID: <411@ho95e.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 10:14:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 10:14:25 1986
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> 
> > As I recall, Voyager (I or II) detected the tenth planet.  It lies
> > between Saturn and Uranus, and is rather small.  It has been named
> > Charon, (Roman god that paddles the boat across the River Styx, I
> > think).  This planet probably doesn't account for all of the
> > perturbations of Uranus and Neptune, either.
> 
> Charon is Pluto's moon, and was discovered by earth-based telescope.
> 

I believe this person is referring to Chiron.  This was an asteroidal
body found around 1978(?), and indeed has a non-typical orbit
(for an asteroid--I think the original poster is correct about the orbit).
Note that despite the orbit, it still has an asteroid-type name,
that is, Trojan War people.  Chiron was the wise centaur who tutored
Achilles, Hercules, and Asclepius [Am. Her. Dict].
I'm pretty sure Voyager had nothing to do with the discovery.

It is coincidental that Charon and Chiron were discovered and named at about the
same time.
-- 

". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch."
Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95c!ran)
AT&T-Bell Labs