Odysseus wrote:
In article . com,
"Raving Loonie" wrote:

Odysseus wrote:
In article .com,
"Raving Loonie" wrote:

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If they revoke Pluto's planetary status, will they reissue the name
'Pluto' to the next qualifying planetary body? ( ... As convention
would dictate? )

What convention would that be, then? The one according to which Ceres,
Pallas, et al. got to keep their names when they were demoted from
planetary status?
Here is the thing ...

The elements, Uranium, Neptunium and Plutonium are named after the last
3 planets.

Completely irrelevant.

"Plutonium" just won't seem to be the same "stuff" anymore.

Sure, and einsteinium's properties changed when Albert died, too.

It's not just astronomy...

Chemical nomenclature is involved here as well.

That's a ridiculous argument; I doubt any chemist gives the astronomical
origins of the names a second thought, no more than gallium is
considered to be French, or cobalt & nickel to be enchanted by evil
spirits.
You think not, eh?

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