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Planet you've probably never heard of
cnn.com ^
| 8:56 PM ET, Fri February 20, 2015
| Amanda Barnett, CNN
Posted on 02/21/2015 5:39:50 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: yarddog
Nope. It’s dinky. But still interesting.
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:53:48 PM PST
by
piytar
(If you don't know what the doctrines of taqiyya and abrogation are, you are a fool!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So...Pluto (which has moons) gets demoted,
And Ceres (which doesn’t) gets promoted.
I think it is a plot by the greenies, as Pluto was the God of WEALTH (Capitalism), and Ceres was the Goddess of “Whole Grain Goodness”.
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:55:33 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Are you series?
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:57:08 PM PST
by
vigilante2
(Re-elect nobody)
To: left that other site
Pluto was the God of WEALTH (Capitalism), and Ceres was the Goddess of “Whole Grain Goodness”.
LOL pretty much.
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:57:59 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
I have broken their code.
I know how they think! LOL!
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:58:49 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: cripplecreek
A huge dwarf? You’re not Ceres!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It's not a planet it's an asteroid. It's a stupid game of semantics. Several years ago a bunch of activists got all their supporters together at the annual meeting of the IAU and waited until 2/3 of the membership had left on the last day of the meeting and then rewrote what this self appointed body considers to be a planet verses and asteroid.
Pluto was stripped of its status as a planet and called a "dwarf planet" and the asteroid Ceres along with a few other large solar system bodies out past Pluto were added to that category. Nothing in reality has changed. All that happened was a bunch of people using Alinsky tactics strong-armed their controversial views into "acceptability." The only reason the IAU has any authority to name objects and their features at all is because every who is interested in the topic long ago agreed to be bound by their opinions.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:02:18 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It’s Ceres, but not Hugh...........
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:05:02 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Nuburu, the mysterious planet x that will hail the ending of the world/s
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:06:22 PM PST
by
JSDude1
To: gorush
That comparison give one a sense of perspective for sure.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:06:39 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: cripplecreek
Well, which one side you say?.....?
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:08:07 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: left that other site
So...Pluto (which has moons) gets demoted,
And Ceres (which doesn’t) gets promoted. Yeah, but Eris is hot!
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:08:15 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So...THAT’S where Hillary’s hiding out?!?
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:09:15 PM PST
by
FrankR
(They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: ElkGroveDan
Well Eris is the Goddess of discord. She was also responsible for the Trojan War.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:13:23 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Fungi
Not yet. You should read your own link.
Dawn is rapidly approaching Ceres and is due to arrive in orbit around the dwarf planet on March 6.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:15:45 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
HuGH and CERES Alert!!!
sorry. :-|
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:17:48 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: thackney
You are correct. Confused this with another probe that landed on an asteroid of a similar name. I repent in dust and ashes. Don’t tell anyone.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:18:18 PM PST
by
Fungi
(Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Good grief! Are CNN reporters, even their so-called science reporters, really this stupid? Ceres is well known by anyone that reads Isaac Asimov. “Luck Star and the Pirates of the Asteroids” was a great boys book I read when I was an 8th grader . . . circa 1964.
Oldplayer
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ceres is actually a better target for colonization than Mars!
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:22:12 PM PST
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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