[meteorite-list] Defining 'Planet': Newfound World Forces Action

From: Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 08:31:45 2005
Message-ID: <000301c59828$9d979d00$09529a54_at_9y6y40j>

> "The word planet is simply not a scientific word, it is a cultural word."
> - Mike Brown, leader of the "10th planet" discovery team

Certainly. And I would say the cultural definition is obviously:
A hermetical place.

I find more planets in actual use than 9:

Drivers Planet, Animal Planet, LearningPlanet, Planet Wissen, Education
Planet, Planeta Moldova, Planet Planet, Planet Gnome, Planet Quake,
PlanetOut, Wi-Fi Planet, Ocean Planet, Planet Half-Life, Planet PDF,
JavaScript Planet, Planet Rugby, Planet Hollywood, Planet Helmi, Planet Ark,
Planet F1, LinuxPlanet, Kid's Planet, Planet Tolerance, XUL Planet, Planet
Recruit, Planet Mu Records, Planet eBook, Planet Debian, Mobile Planet,
Executive Planet, Phantom Planet, Lyrics Planet, Conspiracy Planet, Planet
Battlefield, MathPlanet, Planet Science, Alex John's Prison Planet,
Reading Planet for Kids, Punk Planet, Futsal Planet, Planet Bordeaux,
Fashion Planet, Our Planet, Home Planet, Planet Apache, NovaPlanet, Planet
Typography, Planet Bollywood, BlackPlanet, Planet tv, Planet English, Planet
Diary, ISP-planet, ACIDplanet, NEO Planet, Planet KDA, Planetphotoshop,
Planet Mozilla, Lonely Planet, Planet ClassPath, Planet GameCube,
PlanetAnalog, THE Planet, Planet Finance, PlanetPALS, Forbidden Planet,
Planet Python, PlanetLab, PlanetMirror, Planet Patchwork, Weekly Planet,
Planet Psych, Planet Sinclair, United Planet, Lesson Planet, Planet Sun,
Planet Perl, Planet CCRMA at home, Planet freedesktop, Oxfam's Cool Planet
for teachers, Panet Music & Media, FilePlanet, PlanetSearch, Planet Source
Code, Cheat Planet, Planet Unreal, Planet Technology, Kids' Planet, Planet
Gentoo, Planet E Communications, Planet Lisp, Planet Ketchup!, Planet PHP,
PlanetRider, Planet Chiropractic, ForumPlanet, One Small Planet, RPGPlanet,
Planet SuSE, Pet Planet, StrategyPlanet, Planet Moon, PlanetHardware, Planet
Catfish, Planet Garth, WorldPress Planet, Planet Darts, Grid Computing
Planet, Planet Payment, Planet DOOM, Planet Holiday, Planet Tribes, Panet
Hawaii, Planet 9, Planet Art Network, Planet Charters, Berkeley Daily
Planet, Planet Emulation, Planet X, Red Planet, Big Planet, Planet Diablo,
Planet Weblog, Planet Bluegrass, Planet Drum, BrightPlanet, Planet Airsoft,
fat Planet, Planet Natural, Planet Herbs, Planet AvP, Planet Neverwinter,
Planet Christmas, Planet Pets, Planet Fortress, PlanetPapers, Planet Dog,
Planet Tango, FreebiesPlanet, Planet-Tolkien, Planet Newton, Planet Salsa,
planet-soccer, Planet Tonga, Planet CNC, Planet WebQuest, Planet Home,
Teacher Planet, Thin Planet, Planet Bike, Little Planet Learning, Planet
Dreamcast, Planet SLUG, Planet Outdoors, Planet Baseball, Planet Family Guy,
Downtown Planet Honolulu, Planet AgeofMythology, Cool Planet, Planet-Love,
Planet Field Hockey, KnowledgePlanet, Sterling Planet, Restless Planet,
LibraryPlanet, ClubPlanet, Planet Jabber, Planet Gong, Planet Cartoonist,
Planet Spogg, Planet Twisted, Planet SARK, Healthy Kids Planet,
Planet-x-bikes, Planet Rock, Planet Granite, Planet Orange, Planet
MedalOfHonor, K12Planet, Planet Comicon, Planet HUMBUG, Planet MYOSS,
Metropolis Planet, Planet Cancer, SportPlanet, Cancer Control Planet, Planet
Ubuntu, Planet PS2, Planet Warcraft, Planet Descent, Ultrawidebandplanet,
Paintball Planet, Planet Funds, fantastic planet, Planet SICK-BOY, Planet
Organics, Planet Annihilation, Planet MiniDisc, Pokemon Planet, Christian
Music Planet, Planet-dz, Duplex Planet, Planet DungeonSiege, Planet
BalduesGate, Planet Megaman, Bad Movie Planet, Planet Relish, Atomic Planet,
Planet Connect, Planet Kilmer, Planet Capoeira, Living Planet, Sticker
Planet, Planet Waves, Planet xmlhack, Planet-B, Planet Therapy, Planet
Daikatana, Planet DOBRO, Planetr ArsLinux, Planet BlackAndWhite, Small Biz
Planet,
Planet INternet, Collector's Planet, Mystic Planet, Planet TonyHawk,
Planet-Save, Fanboy Planet, Planet Tekno, Planet DeusEx, Planet OpenOffice,
Jini Planet, Roving Planet, Tupac Planet, Wet Planet, Planet Arkive, Atari
Planet, Planet AiT/Planet Lar, Planet-D, Planet HCl, Planet Baha'i, Planet
Ozkids, Planet Eugene Oregon, Martial Arts Planet, Planet Krulik 2000,
Planet Debate, Demo Planet, Planet Lara, Planet of Slums, PlanetOut,
PlanetEE, Homework Planet, Poster Planet, Planet Swank, Digital Sound
Planet, Planet BnB, Planet Publish, Planet Connecticut, Planet LOUD,
Download Planet, Planet Bubble, Planet Cars, Planet Sagem, 3D Action Planet,
Planet Xbox, Chat Planet, Planet Duke, Planet Kingpin, Planet Vampire,
Planet Blood, Planet Health Mission, Planet-Tegel, Stefans Planet, Planet
Scooter, Planet Reseller, Planet groove.......

Sun Buckleboo
Received on Wed 03 Aug 2005 08:41:04 AM PDT