AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins AstronomersReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 23:18:09 2006
Message-ID: <00ec01c6c7f5$039e9fc0$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

I buy that!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Carothers" <david.carothers_at_verizon.net>
To: <cynapse_at_charter.net>; "Martin Altmann" <altmann@meteorite-martin.de>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins
AstronomersReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'


> 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.
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