[quote]7066 Nessus...was discovered by David L. Rabinowitz...on 26 April 1993...Nessus was officially announced on May 13, 1993, in IAUC 5789 with designation 1993 HA2.[/quote]
It's not NESSUSarily a planet, more a 'centaur object;' an orbit between Jupiter and Neptune, close in size to what we commonly think of as asteroids but instead of rock, made of of ice and minerals like a comet but NOT classified as a comet: think asteroid and comet had an inter species baby and Nessus is the lovechild, not asteroid, not comet, somewhere in the middle according to our NASA/Illuminati overlords.
[quote]7066 Nessus has an orbital period of 122.4 years, an eccentricity of 0.52 and an inclination to the ecliptic of 15.6 degrees. At perihelion, it moves much closer to the Sun than Uranus, while at aphelion it moves out well beyond the orbit of Neptune.[/quote]
Simply put: Yes, Nessus is real. It takes over 122 'Earth years' to orbit the sun and its movement is such that it gets closer and farther from the sun as it orbits; closer in than Uranus and farther out than Neptune.
tl;dr
Nessus is real. It's way the hell out there.
[spoiler]Sources: NASA, WIKIPEDIA, 5 min. On Google[/spoiler]
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That pun at the beginning pisses me off
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Glad someone took the time to post this, saved me the time doing the stuff in your spoiler. Cheers!
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[quote]not NESSUSarily a planet[/quote] You win the forums today.
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Educational AND entertaining? How is this possible?
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It's not public education, that's the key.
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As a public school educator I am offended, dear.
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True enough.
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I see what you did there...