[meteorite-list] WHAT IS A PLANET?

From: Thomas Webb <webbth1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 31 17:22:25 2005
Message-ID: <20050731212223.36705.qmail_at_web60817.mail.yahoo.com>

Darren and list,
While we are in the spelling correction/definition
mode, rime IS ice!
TW

--- Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_charter.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:34:50 +0200, "Martin Altmann"
> <Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de> wrote:
>
> >In Norse mythology we have the three giants of
> rime.
>
> I think that you are looking for the word "ice", not
> "rime".
>
> >Those names are not acceptable. Poor Snorri, poor
> Icelanders - the Sagas and
> >the Edda still have a Wagner&Nazi smell
> >and are allowed only as poor copies in miserable
> fantasy literature &
> >computer role-playing games.
> >Bad luck.
>
> And that's WAY out of left feild! Some of our days
> of the week are named after Norse gods. Anyway,
> you forgot "Ymir", which would be a good name for
> the largest KBO
>
> http://www.pantheon.org/articles/y/ymir.html
>
> Personally, I'm of the opinion that NO KBOs should
> be called planets, including Pluto.
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