[meteorite-list] Astronomers Lean Toward Eight Planets

From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 05:15:49 2006
Message-ID: <20060824091547.34326.qmail_at_web50909.mail.yahoo.com>

--- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb_at_sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> I look at
> Earth's surface and
> it's mostly dirt, so the planet Earth is mostly made
> of dirt, right?
>

I know it's pedantic but waterball would be a better
analogy. ~70% surface is water (not dirt) but there
really isn't much of it on earth as a whole.

I agree with your sentiments Sterling. I particularly
thought "Hmm, they're NEVER gonna call them
frigospheres. titter".
Although I am pro 8 I agree that suddenly demoting
Pluto may end up making everyone look silly. As
someone else pointed out, in 100 years, nobody's going
to cae what we call them.
I suspect that in 100 years I won't care either.
Somehow I doubt that science can make me live to 140
when it cannot properly decide what a planet is!

Can't we just ignore the problem? Maybe it'll go away!

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