"Pluto is dead" - Mike Brown, It's official |
"Pluto is dead" - Mike Brown, It's official |
Aug 24 2006, 01:58 PM
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Aug 24 2006, 02:31 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Why would this affect NH in any way, shape or form.
Pluto is still Pluto. Still fascinating, still unexplored, still part of a collection of bodies that we need to learn about. The silly thing about this entire episode is that it's making the news......but no one has learnt anything, no one has discovered anything, nothing has changed. Doug |
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Aug 24 2006, 03:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
...no one has learnt anything, no one has discovered anything, nothing has changed. Discovery also includes better understanding what you already "know". This discussion could be a good way of letting the general public see some of the behind the scenes workings of science. Like a tour through a slaughterhouse to show the messy reality behind the neatly wrapped meats in the grocery store, this shows the messy reality behind the neatly wrapped scientific "facts" in school books. |
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Aug 24 2006, 03:45 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
This discussion could be a good way of letting the general public see some of the behind the scenes workings of science. This isn't science though. We have not measured the composition of anything, nor have we found something new. We've not measured an albedo, taken a spectra, imaged an occultation......it's just administration. And to be honest, given that 2 weeks ago we had 9 planets, 1 week ago we had 12 or more, and now we have only 8.....it's made the scientists involved looked more than a little silly. Doug |
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Aug 24 2006, 04:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
This isn't science though. We have not measured the composition of anything, nor have we found something new. We've not measured an albedo, taken a spectra, imaged an occultation......it's just administration. This whole discussion has opened up precisely because of how many new things have been discovered about the solar system. Science is not just the collecting of data, it is also putting the data in context with what is already known. Like the classification system of living things has changed with new genetic studies, the classification of solar system objects must change with new discoveries. In neither case will the changes be quick, easy, static or uncontroversial. But in both cases, the classification discussions are very much part of the science. |
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