Posted on 04/19/2006 4:50:42 PM PDT by neverdem
The Frozen Flatulence Effect?
No problem. Interest in this story is gaining momentum. IRC Time or Newsweek ran a small piece on the contraversy surrounding Pluto as a moon of Neptune because of Neptune's influence on Pluto. Meanwhile, the article suggests the asteroid Ida that orbits between Mars and Jupiter could be technically designated a planet or planetoid with a moon as per the Galileo pass in 1993. They also touched on the subject that some of the moons of jupiter and Saturn should actually be termed planets/planetoids under certain criteria.
IIRC, the article suggested that the solar system may have as many as 15 or more planets. Some of the orbits of these objects are radical compared to the Earth's. One object, mentioned in a cited thread, is UB313 which has the body cutting in front of the well-known planets and then out into deep deep space.
Some of the bodies discovered within the past six years revolve around SOL every 10,000 or more earthyears! imagine that birthday celebration.
Rich, white American males, most likely, though the exact mechanism by which this is accomplished remains to be invented.
In keeping with the new trend of naming planets after characters on crappy WBNetwork television shows, the 12th planet will be named "Screech."
Well, let's rename it. I propose Orbital Sphere X... which is shaped like an Apple... Of course we can abreviate the large words ... and come up with a nice new name, derived completely fairly:
Apple OS X...
Good name for the tenth planet... its X for ten, X for unknown and refers to its shape and brightness.
Now, no one could possible say that the name is refering to a commercial product, say like the name "Xena" refers to a commercial Television Program franchise... ;^)>
Hey, that can be pretty fun you know--until you have to mow it.
Ummmm, okay! I'll just take your word for it! :P
Nice graphic!
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