I for one welcome our new . overlords?

mid-morning on Wednesday, the 14th of December 2005 by Chad

This title: New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Strange new object found at edge of Solar System is much more ominous sounding than the actual story is. First thing you think of is the alien mother ship preparing for the invasion. But no, its just another minor planet…

A large object has been found beyond Pluto travelling in an orbit tilted by 47 degrees to most other bodies in the solar system. Astronomers are at a loss to explain why the object’s orbit is so off-kilter while being almost circular.Researchers led by Lynne Allen at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, first spotted the object in observations made with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2004. Since October 2005, they have made follow-up observations that have revealed the object’s perplexing path.

I do so hate when the title of an article is a lot more interesting than the actual story. Of course, the one cool thing is that they named the new object “Buffy” after the famous vampire slayer…