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Scientists Find Another PLANET in our solar system!
Space DOT com - Breaking News ^
| posted: 03:51 pm ET 15 March 2004
| By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer
Posted on 03/16/2004 6:57:47 PM PST by vannrox
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To: vannrox
It's political correctness gone amok, I tell you!
First, they want to call something massively-challanged a planet rather than a fuzzy ball of ice-dust, and then on top of that, they throw out the convention of using ROMAN gods and goddesses and name it after an Intuit!!
Go figger.
TS
To: vannrox
RED LECTRIODS FROM PLANET TEN!!
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posted on
03/16/2004 8:01:16 PM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(Will admin systems for food.)
To: dwilli
You silly person! Everyone knows star names are picked out by radio listeners who pay for their star name to be entered in the International Star Registry, a copy of which is registered in book form with the US copyright office!
I don't know who this International Astronomical Union is, but they're blowing smoke if they think they have any say in the matter. I've already paid to have this new planet named Egbert after my dearly departed da, who showed me the difference between the big and litte Tippler lo these many years ago! To think that someday explorers will land on planet Egbert is just so thrilling! Everyone should pay to name their favorite heavenly body after a loved one!
(g)
Seriously, I wonder if anyone ever pays for that 'service'?
To: vannrox
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posted on
03/16/2004 8:26:52 PM PST
by
Nexus
To: Nexus
KEWL!... :)
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posted on
03/16/2004 9:18:08 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
To: Tanniker Smith
they throw out the convention of using ROMAN gods and goddesses and name it after an Intuit
Well, they have mostly run out of those and the discoverer is free to name an astronomical body after what they want, if you found it you could call it Tanniker Smith III
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posted on
03/17/2004 5:00:12 AM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: pax_et_bonum
Now we just need to figure out how the hell to pronounce "Quaoar."
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:16:28 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
("Marsa Stert is a britch and and I sit on the exhange")
To: vannrox
It is redder and brighter than anything astronomers have seen in the outer solar system, and scientists don't know why. Nemesis.
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posted on
03/17/2004 8:42:17 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Ooooooo.....I think I over-medicated,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
To: Liberal Classic
Dude, those are black Lectroids. The good guys. The red Lectorids are the bad guys.
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posted on
03/17/2004 10:08:57 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Ooooooo.....I think I over-medicated,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
To: Xenalyte
Now we just need to figure out how the hell to pronounce "Quaoar." Just clear your throat...
To: dwilli
They can claim discovery of a heavenly body 200 billion light years away, name it whatever and no one can dispute the finding. Let's all keep an eye out for the next big comet, and then name it "Freerepublicdotcom".
To: Ichneumon
Quaoar is also named after a non-Roman god. I think its native American or something like that.
but whats the 11th "world" then? the great eight, pluto, quaoar and now Sedna, so what was after quaoar and before sedna?
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I hereby surrender my nerd credentials.
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posted on
03/18/2004 9:01:15 AM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(Will admin systems for food.)
To: Liberal Classic
I hereby surrender my nerd credentials. Hey, I'm ashamed to admit that I know the difference.
I got the DVD from my kids for Christmas...yeah...that's the ticket.
I...got the...D...V...D. And I...watched it...10 times in...a...row. Yeah. That's it.
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posted on
03/18/2004 9:54:44 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Ooooooo.....I think I over-medicated,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
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posted on
12/28/2005 12:14:08 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
To: vannrox
Quaoar? I have a hrad time picturing Mickey calling for his pal, Quaoar...
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posted on
12/28/2005 12:24:30 PM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Nick Danger
Finally, a place to dump all those AOL "99 hours free!" CD's. That is hilarious!
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posted on
12/28/2005 12:29:09 PM PST
by
arizonarachel
("Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men," Col 3:23)
To: Hatteras
I think, whatever it is, it should be called RATVILLE after all the "Out of this World RATS". Then we can ship them off to their own dream world.
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posted on
12/28/2005 12:35:23 PM PST
by
Bushman2
To: JimDingle
I don't consider Pluto a planet.I feel the same about Uranus. Shall we vote on it? Simple definition of planet: A nonluminous celestial body larger than an asteroid or comet, illuminated by light from a star, such as the sun, around which it revolves.
To: vannrox
Great pictures, thanks for the clarification.
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posted on
12/28/2005 1:01:54 PM PST
by
MontanaBeth
(Never under estimate the enemy.)
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