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Astronomers say Pluto is not a planet (Eight Planets)
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Posted on 08/24/2006 7:18:05 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
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To: Lunatic Fringe
When I have great-grand kids and I tell them Pluto use to be a planet, I wonder what they'll say?
To: Santa Fe_Conservative
When I have great-grand kids and I tell them Pluto use to be a planet, I wonder what they'll say?
The same thing they'll say when you tell them that Autralia used to be an island? (before it was designated a continent)
To: beyond the sea
Pluto ....... relegated to only man's best friend.Yeah, and diamonmds are a girl's best friend.
So let's see...compare...dogs vs diamonds....
Care to speculate as to which sex contrived those rules?
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posted on
08/24/2006 12:00:31 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Click your mouse three times and repeat, "There's no place like 127.0.0.1")
To: Professional Engineer
To: kidd
Modern "science" is now become the result of one form of an opinion poll or another. Shhhhh! Are you crazy? Talk like that on an Evo thread and you'll be burned at the stake as a heretic!
No, Moderator, this was not an attempt to hijack this thread. It was just a piquant piece of cross-threaded humor.
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posted on
08/24/2006 12:39:50 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Click your mouse three times and repeat, "There's no place like 127.0.0.1")
To: colorado tanker
This definition makes logical sense. I don't think Kuiper objects should be considered planets.
I agree.
To: KC_Conspirator
"I have'nt been this upset since they declared that Dagobah was not a planet."Well Dagobah might not be a planet... but Uranus sure is!
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posted on
08/24/2006 12:48:04 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Ignatz
Pluto, relegated to only man's best friend. ................ Yeah, and diamonmds are a girl's best friend. So let's see...compare...dogs vs diamonds.... Care to speculate as to which sex contrived those rules?LOL ....... your comment makes FR worthwhile.
:-)
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:02:59 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh good .............. it's August 24th and we're still here. Who'd a thunk it?)
To: beyond the sea
But it's always been a planet. I don't think these guys have much respect for stare decisis! (Pun intended - actually it was the only reason for the post.)
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:16:52 PM PDT
by
guppas
To: guppas
Pluto ....... relegated to only man's best friend.
Not bad.
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:20:10 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(Oh good .............. it's August 24th and we're still here. Who'd a thunk it?)
To: Lunatic Fringe
"It was unclear how Pluto's demotion might affect the mission of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a 9 1/2-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets."What NASA will discover upon arrival:
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:26:51 PM PDT
by
quark
To: Lunatic Fringe
It make sense. If Pluto got to be a planet, then why not Goofy? And once Goofy's a planet, where does it stop?!
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:38:57 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
To: cripplecreek
Now my horoscope is all messed up.
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posted on
08/24/2006 1:42:44 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: calljack
Well then just what the hell is My Very Educated Mother supposed to Just Serve Up Nine of??? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
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posted on
08/24/2006 2:57:42 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(What did Rather know and when did he know it?)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Sigh. Scientists are so subjective.
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posted on
08/24/2006 3:24:07 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
To: Paradox
I strongly disagree. I think the most reasonable decision would have been to accept the first proposal and the idea of terrestrial, gas giants, and dwarf planets (didn't like the name pluton, but dwarf planet would have been fine). This new definition is entirely unacceptable in my book.
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posted on
08/24/2006 5:09:47 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: NinoFan
It doesn't matter. What counts is what they are called at the UN. Celestial bodies. Things we cannot mine or otherwise disturb.
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posted on
08/24/2006 5:12:46 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: AFPhys
Also, under this new system of categorization, a "dwarf planet" isn't considered a planet at all. It's bizarre. Only a very small fraction of the world's astronomers voted at all. Hopefully, this awful decision will be overturned soon and we can get something like terrestrial, gas giants, and plutons/dwarf planets, ALL of which should be considered planets. Thank God an intelligent astronomer is leading the charge to overturn this farce.
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posted on
08/24/2006 5:15:20 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: Lunatic Fringe
Why am I thinking ego trip. How many of these astronomers will now get paid to rewrite text books?
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