[meteorite-list] Astronomers Lean Toward Eight Planets
From: batkol <batkol_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 08:30:35 2006 Message-ID: <001501c6c779$14dc25e0$7c7dd046_at_DJV2WH71> "i before e except after c, and when sounded like a as in neighbor and weigh." a body is a planet, when [fill in the approved definition], except for Pluto . . . there are exceptions to every other "rule" ever conceived, seems like we could throw Pluto a bone and let it stay on the team without disrupting the order of the universe too much. just a half a cuppa coffee thought . . . take care susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob McCafferty" <rob_mccafferty_at_yahoo.com> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers Lean Toward Eight Planets > > > --- "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! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 24 Aug 2006 08:30:24 AM PDT |
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