2003 Ub 313: The Incredible Shrinking Planet?, No bigger than Pluto? |
2003 Ub 313: The Incredible Shrinking Planet?, No bigger than Pluto? |
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Jan 31 2006, 09:20 PM
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Mar 4 2006, 10:48 PM
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Dear God, I hope they don't decide that Pluto is a planet but this new thing isn't. I could tolerate anything but that...
In any case, now we can look forward to comparable decade-long squabbles about the precise definition of "moons" as opposed to "ring particles", and whether we should call newly discovered objects "asteroids" or "comets" when we don't know how much ice is in them. The joys will be endless! |
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Mar 4 2006, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Dear God, I hope they don't decide that Pluto is a planet but this new thing isn't. I could tolerate anything but that... In any case, now we can look forward to comparable decade-long squabbles about the precise definition of "moons" as opposed to "ring particles", and whether we should call newly discovered objects "asteroids" or "comets" when we don't know how much ice is in them. The joys will be endless! Bruce: Comets are getting drier and drier, and some asteroids might be quite wet... ...sounds like tearing hair out time! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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