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Old August 27th 06, 12:08 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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SAVE PLUTO SIGN MY PETITION

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Old August 27th 06, 12:35 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Yes, I agree, Pluto always has been and always will be...a planet!


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Old August 27th 06, 12:41 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Pluto is always part of our solar system. This unique solar system has Sun
in the center. Our solar system travel in the milky way together as a whole.
Pluto is always one of the object in our solar system.


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Old August 27th 06, 06:45 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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SAVE PLUTO SIGN MY PETITION

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Hey, if this is important to you, god bless......but It's not like the IAU
is killing puppies here. They merely decided to alter a simple taxonomic
designation because they have better information at their disposal now than
they had ~70 years ago.
Here's an analogy: Would you (in 2006) ever call a ten story building a
skyscraper? Of course not. The tallest towers today flirt with 1700 feet.
But in the late 19th century, the tallest building was 10 stories (about 150
feet, IIRC), and was a SKYSCRAPER by every measure (at least by 1885
standards).
Here's a scenario that is likely to play out: As we move through the next
few decades of the 21st century, astronomers will almost surely find
additional pluto-sized (or larger) bodies in our solar system. We might
find one more, or we might find DOZENS more. I tend to think it will
eventually be dozens. Shall we call them all planets?

Here's a little secret (PLEASE promise not to tell anybody!!): If you want
to continue calling Pluto a planet, you can!

Matty-o

P.S. From what I've been told, Pluto doesn't really care WHAT you call it.


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Old August 27th 06, 09:39 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Yes exactly and it's still a dwarf planet, so nothing has changed


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Yes, I agree, Pluto always has been and always will be...a planet!


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Old August 27th 06, 11:12 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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We call an unknown object around a star far away in galaxy a "Planet". The
Planet doesn't need to be in our galaxy. They didn't even know the size,
orbit and color of the planet in other galaxy. Using size, orbit and color
to classify planet in our galaxy is wrong.


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wrote in message
ps.com...
SAVE PLUTO SIGN MY PETITION

http://www.petitiononline.com/PP896/petition.html

THANKS

JACOCA



Hey, if this is important to you, god bless......but It's not like the IAU
is killing puppies here. They merely decided to alter a simple taxonomic
designation because they have better information at their disposal now
than they had ~70 years ago.
Here's an analogy: Would you (in 2006) ever call a ten story building a
skyscraper? Of course not. The tallest towers today flirt with 1700
feet. But in the late 19th century, the tallest building was 10 stories
(about 150 feet, IIRC), and was a SKYSCRAPER by every measure (at least by
1885 standards).
Here's a scenario that is likely to play out: As we move through the next
few decades of the 21st century, astronomers will almost surely find
additional pluto-sized (or larger) bodies in our solar system. We might
find one more, or we might find DOZENS more. I tend to think it will
eventually be dozens. Shall we call them all planets?

Here's a little secret (PLEASE promise not to tell anybody!!): If you
want to continue calling Pluto a planet, you can!

Matty-o

P.S. From what I've been told, Pluto doesn't really care WHAT you call
it.




 




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