AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'
From: Dave Carothers <david.carothers_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 19:46:46 2006 Message-ID: <003601c6c7d7$7c63f720$6401a8c0_at_WINBOOKJ> Actually, what we have here is right out of the wonderful world of Disney. We have Pluto and the dwarfs (as in from Snow White). Based on a lot of the feedback from todays vote, the IAU is "Goofy" for making a "Mickey Mouse" definition of planets. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net> To: "Martin Altmann" <altmann_at_meteorite-martin.de> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:08 PM Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion' On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:15:36 +0200, you wrote: >"dwarf planet" is incommensurate with the use of words in publication in >countries, which obey "Political Correctness". Dwarf IS the PC term now. "Midget" planet would have been a problem. Other problem names would have included "Munchkin" planet and "Hey, Didn't You Play An Ewok" planet. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 24 Aug 2006 07:46:13 PM PDT |
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