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Old September 1st 06, 09:43 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
Double-A[_1_]
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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.

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  #22  
Old September 1st 06, 09:43 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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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.

  #23  
Old September 1st 06, 09:50 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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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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Old September 1st 06, 10:06 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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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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Old September 1st 06, 11:12 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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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.

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e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se
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Old September 1st 06, 11:21 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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wrote:
Pluto is out from planet dictionary


**** em.

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Old September 1st 06, 11:21 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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Billy No Mates wrote:
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wrote:
Pluto is out from planet dictionary


Good.


What about Goofy?


I never like Disney crap. I preferred Warner Brothers.

  #29  
Old September 2nd 06, 12:52 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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"Rich" wrote in message
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Billy No Mates wrote:
"Rich" wrote in message
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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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Old September 2nd 06, 01:08 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,uk.sci.astronomy,alt.astronomy,sci.astro,alt.astronomy.solar
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Billy No Mates wrote:
"Rich" wrote in message
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Billy No Mates wrote:
"Rich" wrote in message
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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)


Too gay. Always smiling. I'll take the dog in the lumberyard in the
Warner cartoon
whose sudden barking always makes a sleazy looking car freak out.

 




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