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Experts meet to decide Pluto fate


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- MizarKey   Experts meet to decide Pluto fate   Aug 14 2006, 06:06 AM
- - David   Here's another idea: If we: 1) Admit that th...   Aug 20 2006, 12:17 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (David @ Aug 20 2006, 12:17 PM) The...   Aug 20 2006, 12:38 PM
|- - SFJCody   Mike Brown's commentary: http://www.gps.caltec...   Aug 20 2006, 02:59 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 20 2006, 07:38 AM) Hey, ...   Aug 20 2006, 05:48 PM
- - volcanopele   Thanks for the link. Though, "They would qui...   Aug 20 2006, 05:13 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 20 2006, 12:13 P...   Aug 20 2006, 07:28 PM
|- - JamesFox   QUOTE (alan @ Aug 20 2006, 03:28 PM) The ...   Aug 20 2006, 07:39 PM
- - climber   Get late in the debate so may be some body already...   Aug 20 2006, 09:42 PM
- - belleraphon1   See the following preprint by Steven Soter..... h...   Aug 21 2006, 02:06 AM
- - ljk4-1   Here is another planet definition: On the low-mas...   Aug 21 2006, 02:38 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 21 2006, 04:22 PM
|- - dtolman   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Aug 20 2006, 10:38 P...   Aug 21 2006, 08:43 PM
- - mcaplinger   There seems to be some confusion between an object...   Aug 21 2006, 04:36 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 21 2006, 04:36 PM...   Aug 21 2006, 05:21 PM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (David @ Aug 21 2006, 05:21 PM) I h...   Aug 21 2006, 06:10 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 21 2006, 06:36 AM...   Aug 21 2006, 06:57 PM
|- - helvick   OK I've had enough, clearly we need an omipote...   Aug 21 2006, 08:03 PM
- - djellison   Ooo - don't let me decide - at least these ide...   Aug 21 2006, 08:16 PM
- - volcanopele   A Planet is an object less than 13 times the mass ...   Aug 21 2006, 08:21 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 21 2006, 08:21 P...   Aug 21 2006, 08:45 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 21 2006, 09:21 P...   Aug 21 2006, 08:48 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 21 2006, 09:42 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 21 2006, 02:42 PM) ...   Aug 21 2006, 09:47 PM
- - hendric   The IAU executive commitee just needs to grow a pa...   Aug 22 2006, 04:45 AM
- - ljk4-1   Planetesimals To Brown Dwarfs: What is a Planet? ...   Aug 22 2006, 05:48 PM
- - Stu   Looks like the anti-Pluto bullies might have got t...   Aug 22 2006, 08:36 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 22 2006, 09:20 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Aug 22 2006, 12:48 P...   Aug 22 2006, 09:18 PM
- - DonPMitchell   I still don't see the rationale for demoting P...   Aug 22 2006, 09:36 PM
|- - David   I'm beginning to realize that there is a real ...   Aug 22 2006, 11:19 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (David @ Aug 22 2006, 11:19 PM) It...   Aug 23 2006, 12:03 AM
- - Stu   You make some very good points there David, food f...   Aug 22 2006, 11:48 PM
- - nprev   Here's a thought that hasn't apparently ye...   Aug 23 2006, 02:10 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 23 2006, 02:10 AM) Her...   Aug 23 2006, 02:29 AM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 22 2006, 09:10 PM) Her...   Aug 23 2006, 03:08 AM
- - dvandorn   Seems to me there is another way of approaching th...   Aug 23 2006, 02:23 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I'm surprised no one has added criteria like n...   Aug 23 2006, 03:46 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 23 2006, 03:4...   Aug 23 2006, 04:02 AM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 22 2006, 10:4...   Aug 23 2006, 04:04 AM
||- - David   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Aug 23 200...   Aug 23 2006, 04:34 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 22 2006, 08:4...   Aug 23 2006, 05:53 AM
|- - karolp   Why is demoting Pluto such a big deal? There were ...   Aug 23 2006, 11:49 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (karolp @ Aug 23 2006, 11:49 AM) Wh...   Aug 23 2006, 12:52 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (David @ Aug 23 2006, 02:52 PM) Non...   Aug 23 2006, 01:30 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (karolp @ Aug 23 2006, 01:30 PM) De...   Aug 23 2006, 01:57 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (David @ Aug 23 2006, 03:57 PM) I d...   Aug 23 2006, 02:12 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (karolp @ Aug 23 2006, 02:12 PM) Su...   Aug 23 2006, 02:30 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (David @ Aug 23 2006, 04:30 PM) The...   Aug 23 2006, 02:49 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (karolp @ Aug 23 2006, 02:49 PM) Ro...   Aug 23 2006, 04:21 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (karolp @ Aug 23 2006, 02:49 PM) Ba...   Aug 23 2006, 06:59 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (dilo @ Aug 23 2006, 08:59 PM) Howe...   Aug 23 2006, 07:11 PM
- - Stu   Sorry, I'm not having that. Dava Sobel was o...   Aug 23 2006, 01:33 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 23 2006, 03:33 PM) I hav...   Aug 23 2006, 01:47 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 23 2006, 03:46 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 23 2006, 04:02 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 23 2006, 05:46 PM) ...   Aug 23 2006, 06:54 PM
- - Stu   I'm firmly grounded in reality thanks, just pu...   Aug 23 2006, 02:03 PM
|- - karolp   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 23 2006, 04:03 PM) Demot...   Aug 23 2006, 02:27 PM
- - Greg Hullender   volcanopele: May I ask why? These all seem to me ...   Aug 23 2006, 02:13 PM
- - volcanopele   The problem, Greg, is that while objects forming a...   Aug 23 2006, 04:23 PM
- - Michael Capobianco   Can we reliably say that, no matter how the IAU ch...   Aug 23 2006, 05:25 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Aug 23 2006, 10...   Aug 23 2006, 06:17 PM
- - Michael Capobianco   I still can't think of better terms than plane...   Aug 23 2006, 05:26 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 23 2006, 05:42 PM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 23 2006, 06:42 PM) ...   Aug 24 2006, 10:24 AM
- - volcanopele   Assuming status quo+"Xena", we could als...   Aug 23 2006, 08:05 PM
- - David   QUOTE And the public is reported rather to laugh a...   Aug 23 2006, 08:46 PM
- - Stu   Personally I'm taking this seriously because 1...   Aug 23 2006, 10:28 PM
- - volcanopele   The final text for tomorrow's votes is out: Q...   Aug 23 2006, 11:17 PM
|- - punkboi   Just read those resolutions... Weak. I was rooti...   Aug 24 2006, 01:00 AM
|- - Stephen   1) Does anybody know what the IAU's Resolution...   Aug 24 2006, 03:40 AM
|- - mchan   Agreed that "cleared the neighborhood around ...   Aug 24 2006, 04:35 AM
- - volcanopele   According to the source of this text, http://astro...   Aug 24 2006, 01:17 AM
|- - vexgizmo   volcanopele seems to be referring to the "for...   Aug 24 2006, 02:37 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   I guess we must no longer consider Jupiter a full ...   Aug 24 2006, 03:37 AM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Aug 23 200...   Aug 24 2006, 04:10 AM
- - mchan   I like the name of the link on Michael Brown's...   Aug 24 2006, 04:45 AM
|- - David   Taking a second look at the figures, I note that P...   Aug 24 2006, 07:10 AM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (David @ Aug 24 2006, 07:10 AM) Tak...   Aug 24 2006, 07:45 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (Stephen @ Aug 24 2006, 07:45 AM) A...   Aug 24 2006, 07:59 AM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (David @ Aug 24 2006, 07:59 AM) ...   Aug 24 2006, 09:34 AM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (David @ Aug 24 2006, 07:59 AM) Exa...   Aug 24 2006, 09:38 AM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (Stephen @ Aug 24 2006, 03:38 AM) O...   Aug 24 2006, 01:15 PM
- - ngunn   No mention of the dreaded barycentre now but presu...   Aug 24 2006, 10:46 AM
- - djellison   Here's the big problem There is, for whatever...   Aug 24 2006, 01:31 PM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   In addition to the AP, there is now "breaking...   Aug 24 2006, 01:56 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Aug 24 200...   Aug 24 2006, 02:08 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 24 2006, 03:08 PM)...   Aug 24 2006, 02:13 PM
- - Stu   Just had this email, not sure if it's right or...   Aug 24 2006, 01:35 PM
- - Greg Hullender   It's always nice when you can draw clear lines...   Aug 24 2006, 01:51 PM
|- - Alan Stern   Read 5A carefully. Earth is not a planet now, than...   Aug 24 2006, 02:02 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Aug 24 2006, 05:02 PM...   Aug 24 2006, 02:08 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Jyril @ Aug 24 2006, 02:08 PM) ...   Aug 24 2006, 02:11 PM
- - Jyril   Resolutions 5A passed and resolution 5B not passed...   Aug 24 2006, 01:56 PM
- - Jyril   I knew I can count on astronomers! Exactly the...   Aug 24 2006, 01:59 PM
- - Jyril   Resolution 6A passed, Pluto and other large trans-...   Aug 24 2006, 02:02 PM
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