Fight for Pluto !, A Campaign to Reverse the Unjust Demotion |
Fight for Pluto !, A Campaign to Reverse the Unjust Demotion |
Aug 24 2006, 08:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Dear Friends,
Today I am extremely dissapointed that the Pluto Demoters have triumphed. I respect their opinion, but disagree with it. I strongly agree with Alan Stern's statement calling it "absurd" that only 424 astronomers were allowed to vote, out of some 10,000 professional astronomers around the globe. This tiny group is clearly not at all representative by mathematics alone. I believe we should formulate a plan to overturn this unjust decision and return Pluto to full planetary status, and as the first member of a third catagory of planets, Xena being number two. Thus a total of 10 Planets in our Solar System Please respond if you agree that Pluto should be restored as a planet. ken Ken Kremer Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Program Chairman |
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Aug 25 2006, 08:11 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The classification of Pluto as non-planetary doesnt bother THAT much....I'd rather it WERE a planet...however..
What bothers me is the crap defintion "clear its neigborhood" - that's utter nonsense, NO planet has cleared its neigborhood. It renders the entire planetary description as pointless as nothing has a clear neigbourhood in this solarsystem - so as of now, I believe we have NO planets. Sod fighting for pluto....we're fighting for EARTH, Jupiter...ALL OF THEM. Seriously - take out the 'neigborhood' clause - and I'm happy. Doug |
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