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Pluto is out from planet dictionary
Paul Schlyter wrote: In article . com, Double-A wrote: Mike Williams wrote: Wasn't it Mark Earnest who wrote: If Pluto is a dwarf planet then it is A PLANET. Continue calling it A PLANET, O.K.? I didn't hear you complaining about us not considering all the "minor planets" to be "planets". "Minor planets" were not planets then. "Dwarf planets" are not planets now. Get used to it. 2500 astronomers are not going to change their minds. -- Mike Williams Gentleman of Leisure More like the 300 that actually voted. Double-A Those 2200 who didn't care to vote probably won't care now either.... Perhaps the 2200 just don't want their names on the record on one side or the other of a very controversial issue! Double-A It's a bit like a US presidential election: the majority of the voters don't bother to vote. One of the candidates wins the election - does that make the non-voters change their minds? In almost all cases: no. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Schlyter, Grev Turegatan 40, SE-114 38 Stockholm, SWEDEN e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se WWW: http://stjarnhimlen.se/ |
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Mike Williams writes:
2500 astronomers are not going to change their minds. Which 2500 are you referring to? Only about 300 voted for the IAU resolution. That many have signed a petition that calls the IAU resolution flawed. |
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wrote: Mike Williams writes: 2500 astronomers are not going to change their minds. Which 2500 are you referring to? Only about 300 voted for the IAU resolution. That many have signed a petition that calls the IAU resolution flawed. And were you among the 300 who voted, Dr. Tholen? Double-A |
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Double-A writes:
Mike Williams wrote: 2500 astronomers are not going to change their minds. Which 2500 are you referring to? Only about 300 voted for the IAU resolution. That many have signed a petition that calls the IAU resolution flawed. And were you among the 300 who voted, Dr. Tholen? Yes. |
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In article .com,
Double-A wrote: Paul Schlyter wrote: In article . com, Double-A wrote: Mike Williams wrote: Wasn't it Mark Earnest who wrote: If Pluto is a dwarf planet then it is A PLANET. Continue calling it A PLANET, O.K.? I didn't hear you complaining about us not considering all the "minor planets" to be "planets". "Minor planets" were not planets then. "Dwarf planets" are not planets now. Get used to it. 2500 astronomers are not going to change their minds. -- Mike Williams Gentleman of Leisure More like the 300 that actually voted. Double-A Those 2200 who didn't care to vote probably won't care now either.... Perhaps the 2200 just don't want their names on the record on one side or the other of a very controversial issue! Double-A Nah -- I think it's far more likely that they - rightly - think the precise definition of "planet" is unimportant from a scientific point of view. It's more of a public-relations issue. It's a bit like a US presidential election: the majority of the voters don't bother to vote. One of the candidates wins the election - does that make the non-voters change their minds? In almost all cases: no. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Schlyter, Grev Turegatan 40, SE-114 38 Stockholm, SWEDEN e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se WWW: http://stjarnhimlen.se/ -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Schlyter, Grev Turegatan 40, SE-114 38 Stockholm, SWEDEN e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se WWW: http://stjarnhimlen.se/ |
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Starman wrote:
Then start to read: Pluto is a dwarf P L A N E T what part of the word "planet" don't you understand? If we should follow your logic, our sun would not be a star because it's a yellow dwarf star a human dwarf would not be a human, because he is a dwarf see where this leads to? It isn't *his* decision that dwarf planets are not planets. That decision was made by the IAU. The term dwarf planet is clearly assigned to objects whose significance is essentially equivalent to that of asteroids - also known as minor planets, by the way - and not that of the major members of the solar system, the planets, which are named according to a specific convention. John Savard |
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Billy No Mates wrote: "Rich" wrote in message oups.com... wrote: Pluto is out from planet dictionary Good. What about Goofy? I never like Disney crap. I preferred Warner Brothers. |
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"Rich" wrote in message ups.com... Billy No Mates wrote: "Rich" wrote in message oups.com... wrote: Pluto is out from planet dictionary Good. What about Goofy? I never like Disney crap. I preferred Warner Brothers. Give me Tom and Jerry :-) (well the Fred Quimby ones anyway) |
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