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The Great Planet Debate conference, August 2008 - Washington DC
Alan Stern
post Aug 10 2008, 03:17 PM
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- Alan Stern   The Great Planet Debate conference   Aug 10 2008, 03:17 PM
- - djellison   Yet again, a thread on this topic is getting heate...   Aug 14 2008, 07:40 AM
- - djellison   I now have my registration details, so I'm in ...   Aug 14 2008, 09:44 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 14 2008, 04:44 AM)...   Aug 14 2008, 11:15 AM
- - surreyguy   Yeah - asking how the definition (whatever it is) ...   Aug 14 2008, 05:17 PM
- - djellison   I submitted two 1) Dr Tyson has said in the past...   Aug 14 2008, 05:29 PM
|- - JRehling   Good overarching questions. That discourse of Geo...   Aug 14 2008, 05:59 PM
- - nprev   This is parenthetical (what do I ever say that isn...   Aug 14 2008, 06:09 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I asked them whether they thought we had enough ex...   Aug 14 2008, 06:54 PM
- - alan   It's started   Aug 14 2008, 07:56 PM
- - Juramike   I asked why we couldn't just expand the meta-t...   Aug 14 2008, 07:58 PM
- - nprev   "Let the Games begin!!!" ...   Aug 14 2008, 07:59 PM
- - Juramike   Whoo-hoo! I'm in! [Actually, hearing...   Aug 14 2008, 08:01 PM
- - alan   false alarm, they were only practicing the introdu...   Aug 14 2008, 08:01 PM
- - djellison   I hope so - I though it started at half-past   Aug 14 2008, 08:06 PM
- - volcanopele   Never got confirmation email   Aug 14 2008, 08:13 PM
- - djellison   It's working, but I'm getting no sound at ...   Aug 14 2008, 08:32 PM
- - alan   which one is the 13th?   Aug 14 2008, 08:40 PM
- - djellison   Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Satur...   Aug 14 2008, 08:45 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 14 2008, 03:45 PM)...   Aug 15 2008, 12:00 AM
- - djellison   N deG T is wrong in thinking that Europe doesn...   Aug 14 2008, 08:46 PM
- - elakdawalla   I didn't get to see the end of it because in t...   Aug 14 2008, 09:48 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 14 2008, 10:48 P...   Aug 14 2008, 10:01 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 14 2008, 01:48 P...   Aug 14 2008, 10:14 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 14 2008, 10:48 P...   Aug 14 2008, 10:19 PM
- - volcanopele   Interesting debate. I think the best point made, ...   Aug 14 2008, 09:50 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 14 2008, 02:50 P...   Aug 14 2008, 10:38 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 14 2008, 11:38 PM) ...   Aug 14 2008, 11:00 PM
|- - tedstryk   JRehling makes an excellent point. While memorizi...   Aug 15 2008, 03:07 AM
|- - JRehling   A vivid memory of mine on the "planet bias...   Aug 15 2008, 03:40 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 14 2008, 07:40 PM) ...   Aug 15 2008, 04:53 AM
- - volcanopele   And maybe the reason others may not be as interest...   Aug 14 2008, 09:53 PM
|- - Juramike   One take home message I got (and I think Tyson mad...   Aug 14 2008, 10:02 PM
- - belleraphon1   All.. I am not going to get into a discussion of...   Aug 14 2008, 09:57 PM
- - surreyguy   My sense is that in Britain that people who only h...   Aug 14 2008, 10:08 PM
- - Astro0   Just to chime in... We here in Australia have the...   Aug 14 2008, 10:53 PM
- - Mongo   If anybody wants to continue discussing this topic...   Aug 14 2008, 11:53 PM
- - nprev   It'll stick, JR. Check this: "Jupiter...   Aug 15 2008, 03:52 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 15 2008, 04:52 AM) It...   Aug 15 2008, 11:57 AM
||- - tedstryk   QUOTE (David @ Aug 15 2008, 11:57 AM) Of ...   Aug 15 2008, 12:50 PM
|||- - JRehling   I had a book with an illustration showing Pluto as...   Aug 15 2008, 01:32 PM
|||- - Stu   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 15 2008, 02:32 PM) ...   Aug 15 2008, 01:55 PM
||- - Juramike   QUOTE (David @ Aug 15 2008, 06:57 AM) Now...   Aug 15 2008, 02:25 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 14 2008, 08:52 PM) ...   Aug 16 2008, 01:15 AM
- - nprev   Cool article! I'm going to be thinking of ...   Aug 16 2008, 02:07 AM
- - Stu   An upgrade possible for Charon..?   Aug 16 2008, 12:52 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 16 2008, 01:52 PM) An up...   Aug 16 2008, 01:27 PM
||- - djellison   QUOTE (David @ Aug 16 2008, 02:27 PM) The...   Aug 16 2008, 01:33 PM
||- - JRehling   The "binary" definition is definitely a ...   Aug 16 2008, 01:35 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 16 2008, 07:52 AM) An up...   Aug 16 2008, 04:36 PM
- - nprev   ...is anyone else as tired of this debate as I am?...   Aug 16 2008, 02:29 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 16 2008, 03:29 PM) .....   Aug 16 2008, 02:35 PM
|- - laurele   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 16 2008, 09:29 AM) .....   Aug 17 2008, 03:19 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (laurele @ Aug 16 2008, 08:19 PM) T...   Aug 17 2008, 03:48 AM
||- - David   In reading through these responses I've realiz...   Aug 17 2008, 04:22 AM
||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (David @ Aug 16 2008, 09:22 PM) It...   Aug 17 2008, 04:48 AM
||- - alan   Before the IAU stirred up the hornets nest by ...   Aug 17 2008, 08:51 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (laurele @ Aug 16 2008, 08:19 PM) A...   Aug 17 2008, 05:25 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 17 2008, 06:25 AM) ...   Aug 17 2008, 07:41 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 17 2008, 12:41 AM) Well,...   Aug 17 2008, 02:36 PM
- - nprev   ...My incredible psychic powers did not fail me...   Aug 16 2008, 02:37 PM
- - Stu   Why is everyone so down on this debate and this pr...   Aug 16 2008, 03:05 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 16 2008, 04:05 PM) Why i...   Aug 16 2008, 03:15 PM
|- - Stu   Ever tried to explain why PLuto isn't a planet...   Aug 16 2008, 03:30 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 16 2008, 10:30 AM) Ever ...   Aug 16 2008, 06:49 PM
- - Stu   All true, pretty much, but I still say it's be...   Aug 16 2008, 03:23 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 16 2008, 04:23 PM) bette...   Aug 16 2008, 03:27 PM
- - belleraphon1   I am a bit tired of of the debate but at the same ...   Aug 16 2008, 03:29 PM
- - nprev   ...good summary! I honestly think that the ...   Aug 16 2008, 03:39 PM
- - belleraphon1   And ya know... Life is messy and so is the unive...   Aug 16 2008, 03:41 PM
- - belleraphon1   Stu... and I apologize in advance because I am n...   Aug 16 2008, 03:50 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Aug 16 2008, 04:50 ...   Aug 16 2008, 04:45 PM
- - Patteroast   The current decision never seemed as terrible to m...   Aug 16 2008, 09:47 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Patteroast @ Aug 16 2008, 10:47 PM...   Aug 16 2008, 10:16 PM
|- - JRehling   I think there ought to be some robustness built in...   Aug 17 2008, 12:54 AM
- - mchan   If and when a Mercury or larger sized object is fo...   Aug 17 2008, 12:33 AM
- - Greg Hullender   What makes the debate tiresome for me is two thing...   Aug 17 2008, 04:13 AM
- - nprev   I feel your pain, Greg... ...just when I think I...   Aug 17 2008, 04:17 AM
- - nprev   Well said (like it could be anything else??? ) ...   Aug 17 2008, 07:59 AM
- - Stu   I'm not saying I go into a class and give the ...   Aug 17 2008, 02:59 PM
- - nprev   Slight break from the ordinary...substitute ...   Aug 17 2008, 03:10 PM
- - K-P   My spoon clearly was missing in this soup, so... I...   Aug 17 2008, 04:07 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (K-P @ Aug 17 2008, 09:07 AM) ...   Aug 17 2008, 04:41 PM
|- - K-P   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 17 2008, 07:41 PM) ...   Aug 17 2008, 04:51 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (K-P @ Aug 17 2008, 08:51 AM) ...   Aug 17 2008, 05:16 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (K-P @ Aug 17 2008, 09:51 AM) ...   Aug 17 2008, 10:20 PM
- - nprev   ...I raise my hat to you, K-P! Brilliant post....   Aug 17 2008, 04:31 PM
- - nprev   Garg. I'm officially done with this entire deb...   Aug 17 2008, 05:11 PM
|- - K-P   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 17 2008, 08:11 PM) All...   Aug 17 2008, 05:20 PM
- - nprev   ...I've been to Texas many times. And, yeah, i...   Aug 17 2008, 05:37 PM
- - stevesliva   I hereby claim the continent analogy for the state...   Aug 17 2008, 06:23 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Aug 17 2008, 07:23 PM...   Aug 17 2008, 06:27 PM
- - laurele   I second everything that Stu said. We underestima...   Aug 17 2008, 09:08 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (laurele @ Aug 17 2008, 02:08 PM) I...   Aug 17 2008, 10:33 PM
- - vjkane   My problem with this whole debate is that it attem...   Aug 17 2008, 11:12 PM
- - djellison   This debate isn't getting anywhere. We're...   Aug 17 2008, 11:38 PM
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