[meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'

From: Larry Lebofsky <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 18:54:48 2006
Message-ID: <1156460078.44ee2e2e874fa_at_hindmost.LPL.Arizona.EDU>

Size challenged.

Pluto envy

or

planet envy

Larry



Quoting Mark <mam602_at_cox.net>:

> Too Small To be Counted....
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann_at_meteorite-martin.de>
> To: "'MexicoDoug'" <MexicoDoug_at_aim.com>;
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> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:15 PM
> Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers
> ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'
>
>
> > Bah the solar system is in ruin!
> >
> > "dwarf planet" is incommensurate with the use of words in publication in
> > countries, which obey "Political Correctness".
> > I'm not a native speaker, so help me to find the right term.
> >
> > orbitally challenged planet?
> > massively challenged planet?
> > populatedly challenged planet?
> > bureaucratically challenged planet?
> >
> > Buckleboo!
> > Martin
> > http://www.dwarfism.org/
> >
> >
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