[xJones]

Astronomers have struggled to explain such an extreme orbit, but many believe a star passing by the Sun about 4 billion years ago yanked the planetoid off its original, circular course.

Now, observations by the same team that discovered Sedna suggest the object has since led an uneventful life.

At least Sedna hasn't been yanked around for a while and enjoys an uneventful life now. I felt better about Sedna until I read:

He says Sedna, which is probably made up of an equal mixture of ice and rock, may be covered with a metre or so of hydrocarbon sludge.

I know it's George Bush's fault that Sedna is covered with about 3 ft of sludge, but that's life in this solar system.

[mhx]

With the price of gas being what it is, I'm glad we're discovering more objects in the solar system that are covered with hydrocarbon sludge. Now we just have to give Halliburton the contract to retrieve it.

[GSlob]

Just you wait till they start drilling for that sludge. There are no caribous there, but I still expect the greenpissers to raise a ruckus.