Plutoids: a new class of objects beyond Neptune, Astronomy, politics or damage control |
Plutoids: a new class of objects beyond Neptune, Astronomy, politics or damage control |
 Jun 12 2008, 09:44 AM
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Article on the BBC website: 'Non-planet' Pluto gets new class
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7449735.stm QUOTE Now an IAU committee, meeting in Oslo, has suggested that small, nearly spherical objects orbiting beyond Neptune should carry the "plutoid" tag. It also goes on to say that not everybody is too excited about it: QUOTE "It's just some people in a smoke-filled room who dreamed it up," he told the Associated Press. "Plutoids or haemorrhoids, whatever they call it. This is irrelevant." -------------------- |
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Jun 12 2008, 02:18 PM
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 Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Galleoids?
Does that make ring particles saturnoids, or ringoids? 
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Jun 13 2008, 03:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
QUOTE (hendric @ Jun 12 2008, 07:18 AM)  Galleoids? Does that make ring particles saturnoids, or ringoids? Well, if they're around Uranus, they're just called Klingons. --Greg (testing to see if I can get the whole thread deleted) :-) |
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dmuller Plutoids: a new class of objects beyond Neptune Jun 12 2008, 09:44 AM
akuo While classified as a plutoid, Pluto is still a dw... Jun 12 2008, 09:51 AM
David Plutoid, wow. That must have taken a lot of thoug... Jun 12 2008, 12:36 PM hendric Jovoids?
*ba-dump dump ching* Jun 12 2008, 01:49 PM ngunn Ganymoids? Jun 12 2008, 02:11 PM mchan The ones there are classed as hemorrhoids. Jun 13 2008, 04:22 AM climber If they rotate in 24h40 minutes, they'll be So... Jun 12 2008, 03:14 PM Decepticon LOL Jun 12 2008, 07:13 PM laurele They actually are considering calling Ceres a ... Jun 12 2008, 09:55 PM volcanopele I propose Ioids, terrestrial bodies with silicate ... Jun 12 2008, 10:44 PM hendric Duh, we're missing the most obvious one:
Eart... Jun 13 2008, 02:22 AM Stephen A space.com article on the issues gives a few quot... Jun 13 2008, 04:26 AM nprev Oh, God....here we go again. ...time to get out ... Jun 13 2008, 04:54 AM Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 13 2008, 05:54 AM) The... Jun 13 2008, 06:36 AM pumpkinpie QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 13 2008, 01:36 AM) And t... Jun 13 2008, 06:23 PM Stephen QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 13 2008, 02:54 PM) Oh,... Jun 13 2008, 07:12 AM tedstryk Would asteroids in the Hermian region (near the or... Jun 13 2008, 12:55 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 13 2008, 04:55 AM) ... Jun 13 2008, 05:48 PM Stu No "soapbox" Stephen, just concern, frus... Jun 13 2008, 07:54 AM dvandorn I don't know, Stu -- there was a delightful Py... Jun 13 2008, 08:16 AM Stu QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 13 2008, 09:16 AM) ... Jun 13 2008, 08:28 AM Stephen QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 13 2008, 06:28 PM) To mo... Jun 13 2008, 11:02 AM dvandorn Oh, and Advil is an American brand name for ibupro... Jun 13 2008, 08:18 AM nprev Stu, I see your point. Did not mean to be dismissi... Jun 13 2008, 11:20 AM jamescanvin QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 13 2008, 12:20 PM) des... Jun 13 2008, 12:34 PM TheChemist QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 13 2008, 02:20 PM) I d... Jun 13 2008, 01:04 PM tasp Instead of "Plutoid", how about using th... Jun 13 2008, 03:29 PM alan Forum Guidelines
QUOTE 1.9 Other banned subjects ... Jun 13 2008, 04:26 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (alan @ Jun 13 2008, 12:26 PM) ...i... Jun 13 2008, 04:31 PM Stu QUOTE (alan @ Jun 13 2008, 05:26 PM) Lets... Jun 13 2008, 10:10 PM hendric Stu,
Here's an idea on how to explain it. F... Jun 13 2008, 05:39 PM laurele "Is this a joke?"
It depends on what th... Jun 13 2008, 06:03 PM ElkGroveDan As Alan noted above, we need to get away from this... Jun 13 2008, 07:06 PM SpaceListener I like tto Stephen proposal with the word thingy.B... Jun 13 2008, 07:30 PM Greg Hullender Say, did I tell you guys I'm taking Linguistic... Jun 13 2008, 10:59 PM imipak Everything's an object.
And they expose publi... Jun 13 2008, 11:25 PM David I have long since ceased to care whether Pluto is ... Jun 14 2008, 05:10 AM nprev Hell with it; Tasp is right. We marklars have spen... Jun 14 2008, 06:08 AM Stu Just to put things in perspective...
Found a refe... Jun 14 2008, 06:17 AM dvandorn Stuart! You *cannot* seriously tell me you... Jun 14 2008, 06:25 AM nprev ...Stu, that's from a now-defunct US cartoon s... Jun 14 2008, 06:28 AM Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 14 2008, 07:28 AM) Thi... Jun 14 2008, 06:35 AM Stu Ah... "Animaniacs"... yes, heard of thos... Jun 14 2008, 06:30 AM J.J. Can't add much other than to say that I totall... Jun 14 2008, 01:45 PM Betelgeuze I like the term 'dwarf planet', what I don... Jun 15 2008, 12:13 PM Greg Hullender Nearly all English words are a bit fuzzy -- even s... Jun 15 2008, 02:02 PM tanjent I don't understand why this topic provokes so ... Jun 16 2008, 05:18 PM JRehling QUOTE (tanjent @ Jun 16 2008, 10:18 AM) I... Jun 18 2008, 06:53 PM Stephen QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 19 2008, 04:53 AM) ... Jun 19 2008, 08:23 AM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Stephen @ Jun 19 2008, 01:23 AM) .... Jun 19 2008, 02:44 PM JRehling QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 19 2008, 07:4... Jun 19 2008, 05:28 PM Greg Hullender Sigh. People are getting too serious again; it... Jun 19 2008, 10:32 PM David QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 19 2008, 10:3... Jun 20 2008, 01:35 AM Greg Hullender Note that there was a small fuss when they renamed... Jun 17 2008, 03:50 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 16 2008, 10:5... Jun 17 2008, 04:24 AM Stu Not another comment on the basic debate, I'm d... Jun 17 2008, 07:33 AM alan I noticed this in the IAU's press release
QUOT... Jun 19 2008, 05:13 AM peter59 In my opinion, IAU should only officially sanction... Jun 19 2008, 08:13 AM laurele "Since this is another "argument from li... Jun 19 2008, 05:02 PM dvandorn Honestly, if you're hung up on making differen... Jun 19 2008, 06:35 PM tedstryk QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 19 2008, 06:35 PM) ... Jun 20 2008, 01:40 AM |
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