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Pluto is a planet again..
PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state
legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Mar 9, 7:54 am, "Bill Becker" wrote:
PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----http://www.newsfeeds.comThe #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- So now the politicans are gonna decide what's a planet and what's not? Why not, they've done such a WONDERFUL job on everything else. ;-) Unk Rod |
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On 9 Mar 2007 06:51:01 -0800, "RMOLLISE" wrote:
So now the politicans are gonna decide what's a planet and what's not? Anybody can define something as loose as this. Just goes to show how stupid it was for the IAU to attempt to do so in the first place (which I suspect will be corrected in 2009). _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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Bill Becker wrote:
PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. Pluto is a planet in New Mexico. That'll confuse the kids. :-) Shawn |
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Bill Becker wrote:
PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. Excellent. Now maybe the New Mexico legislature can straighten out that odd value of pi, and in at least one state engineers will have an easier time building bridges, needing only to remember "3" and dropping all those other pointless digits. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
Bill Becker wrote: PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. Excellent. Now maybe the New Mexico legislature can straighten out that odd value of pi, and in at least one state engineers will have an easier time building bridges, needing only to remember "3" and dropping all those other pointless digits. And if we asked real nice they may even do something about epsilon. Perhaps ban transcendental numbers altogether? Eugene L Griessel History is Philosophy teaching by examples. - Thucydides |
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
On 9 Mar 2007 06:51:01 -0800, "RMOLLISE" wrote: So now the politicans are gonna decide what's a planet and what's not? Anybody can define something as loose as this. Just goes to show how stupid it was for the IAU to attempt to do so in the first place (which I suspect will be corrected in 2009). I sure hope not. As it stands the definition adopted is a significant improvement. My silly legislature aside, it hasn't caused that much trouble or that much fuss. If they change it significantly 2009, then and only then, astronomy will become a true laughing stock. -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) SkyTools: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html Observing: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html Comets: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html To reply take out your eye |
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On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:58:41 -0700, Greg Crinklaw
wrote: I sure hope not. As it stands the definition adopted is a significant improvement. My silly legislature aside, it hasn't caused that much trouble or that much fuss. If they change it significantly 2009, then and only then, astronomy will become a true laughing stock. From what I've been reading in journal editorials, there's a pretty strong opinion in the astronomical community to simply eliminate the definition completely in 2009. What made the IAU a bit of a laughing stock in the first place was creating a definition that was both unneeded and conflicted with existing definitions. I certainly hope they do the right thing in 2009 and eliminate it. I certainly hope they _don't_ try to change it, which can only make things worse. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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On Mar 9, 11:33 am, lal_truckee wrote:
Bill Becker wrote: PLUTO IS A PLANET... in New Mexico, at least. Yesterday the state legislature of New Mexico declared Pluto a planet and March 13th "Pluto Planet Day." Their decision was based on a combination of tradition, the size of Pluto, its system of moons, and the location of Clyde Tombaugh's longtime home: Dona Ana county, New Mexico. Excellent. Now maybe the New Mexico legislature can straighten out that odd value of pi, and in at least one state engineers will have an easier time building bridges, needing only to remember "3" and dropping all those other pointless digits. Oh, those digits aren't pointless; they are *beside the point* (specifically to the right of it). Austin |
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:58:41 -0700, Greg Crinklaw wrote: I sure hope not. As it stands the definition adopted is a significant improvement. My silly legislature aside, it hasn't caused that much trouble or that much fuss. If they change it significantly 2009, then and only then, astronomy will become a true laughing stock. From what I've been reading in journal editorials, there's a pretty strong opinion in the astronomical community to simply eliminate the definition completely in 2009. What made the IAU a bit of a laughing stock in the first place was creating a definition that was both unneeded and conflicted with existing definitions. I certainly hope they do the right thing in 2009 and eliminate it. I certainly hope they _don't_ try to change it, which can only make things worse. Obviously I disagree. As I've said before the new definition only needs to have its scientific basis more clearly stated. Personal arguments aside, it does have a non-arbitrary scientific basis that eliminates a great deal of practical problems. I for one do not want to read a newspaper article again about how some group is claiming to have found another 20th magnitude "planet" as if it were a historic moment! You let that go on until there are dozens of new "planets" and people will have every right to laugh at us. -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) SkyTools: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html Observing: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html Comets: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html To reply take out your eye |
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