[meteorite-list] Devil's advocate
From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 22 21:57:35 2006 Message-ID: <024101c6c657$79dd04a0$6402a8c0_at_Dell> Gee, that seems logical and easy too. Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb_at_sbcglobal.net> To: <cynapse_at_charter.net>; "Rob McCafferty" <rob_mccafferty@yahoo.com> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Devil's advocate > Hi, > > Compared to Jupiter, the WHOLE solar system > is nothing but debris. Why not ONE planet? Easy > definition, short list to memorize... > > Sterling K. Webb > --------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net> > To: "Rob McCafferty" <rob_mccafferty_at_yahoo.com> > Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Devil's advocate > > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:43:31 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > >>If Pluto crosses the orbit of Neptune (which it does) >>then one has to ask if Neptune is a planet since it >>hasn't cleared its orbit of debris. Surely Pluto >>counts as pretty significant debris if we're stll >>asking whether it's a planet or not!? > > Neptune mass: 1.0247e26 kg > Pluto mass: 1.27e22 kg > > So to 2 significant figures (if I'm doing my math right) Neptune is 8000 > times > the mass of Pluto-- or Pluto is around .0125 percent as massive as Saturn. > So, > in comparison, for a 180 pound person, that amount of "mass" would be > around 10 > grams, or a handful of hair and a couple of toenail clippings. I wouldn't > call > that "significant" debris. > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 22 Aug 2006 09:57:23 PM PDT |
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