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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
- - AlexBlackwell   For another take on this issue from the blogospher...   Aug 16 2006, 08:41 PM
- - Stu   Just a bit of fun... Solar System v2.0   Aug 16 2006, 10:07 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Mike Brown of Caltech throws in his $0.02.   Aug 16 2006, 11:44 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Aug 16 2006, 04:44...   Aug 17 2006, 12:02 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Aug 16 2006, 06:44...   Aug 17 2006, 12:16 AM
- - volcanopele   I still don't understand what is so bad about ...   Aug 17 2006, 12:54 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 16 2006, 08:54 P...   Aug 17 2006, 01:35 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 16 2006, 05:54 P...   Aug 17 2006, 02:02 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 16 2006, 04:02 PM...   Aug 17 2006, 02:09 AM
||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Aug 16 2006, 07:09...   Aug 17 2006, 02:23 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 17 2006, 02:02 AM...   Aug 17 2006, 04:49 AM
||- - David   QUOTE (mars loon @ Aug 17 2006, 03:30 AM)...   Aug 17 2006, 05:14 AM
||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (David @ Aug 16 2006, 09:49 PM) As ...   Aug 17 2006, 06:15 AM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 16 2006, 09:02 PM...   Aug 17 2006, 04:41 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (hendric @ Aug 17 2006, 04:41 PM) I...   Aug 17 2006, 05:27 PM
||- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 17 2006, 05:57 PM
||- - Jyril   QUOTE (David @ Aug 17 2006, 08:27 PM) Oka...   Aug 17 2006, 09:37 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (hendric @ Aug 17 2006, 06:41 AM) I...   Aug 17 2006, 06:11 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Both Astronomy and Sky & Telescope weigh in.   Aug 17 2006, 12:55 AM
- - ljk4-1   When I was a kid, we only had 9 planets and they w...   Aug 17 2006, 01:36 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   See also A.J.S. Rayl's story at TPS.   Aug 17 2006, 01:44 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Aug 16 2006, 06:44...   Aug 17 2006, 02:08 AM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Aug 16 2006, 06:44...   Aug 18 2006, 12:48 AM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (mchan @ Aug 18 2006, 03:48 AM) Bes...   Aug 18 2006, 01:58 PM
- - alan   List of the 53 planets http://www.gps.caltech.edu...   Aug 17 2006, 02:49 AM
|- - mars loon   QUOTE (alan @ Aug 17 2006, 02:49 AM) List...   Aug 17 2006, 03:30 AM
- - centsworth_II   Well, if kids have to learn these names....   Aug 17 2006, 02:51 AM
- - volcanopele   It helps if you make a song with all the names. I...   Aug 17 2006, 02:57 AM
- - MCS   Personally, I'm not happy with the IAU proposa...   Aug 17 2006, 06:15 AM
- - mchan   Regarding the naming of planets that are ejected f...   Aug 17 2006, 07:44 AM
- - remcook   I memorised the names of the planet when I was ver...   Aug 17 2006, 09:01 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   As a result of the current discussion, I believe T...   Aug 17 2006, 04:29 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Here are four Letters to the Editor, including one...   Aug 17 2006, 06:56 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 17 2006, 12:57 PM) ...   Aug 18 2006, 12:02 AM
- - ups   Twenty or thirty years from now this debate will f...   Aug 18 2006, 02:11 AM
- - SirBruce   The IAU proposal is simply a bad one. Are you tel...   Aug 18 2006, 06:59 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (SirBruce @ Aug 18 2006, 06:59 AM) ...   Aug 18 2006, 12:48 PM
- - mchan   I think the proposal is clever in that its effects...   Aug 18 2006, 08:07 AM
- - djellison   Here's a question. What is 'round'. W...   Aug 18 2006, 01:06 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 18 2006, 01:06 PM)...   Aug 18 2006, 01:43 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 18 2006, 02:06 PM)...   Aug 18 2006, 01:44 PM
- - Jyril   Zillionth time: The proposal is poor, and so is an...   Aug 18 2006, 02:09 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Jyril @ Aug 18 2006, 03:09 PM) Zil...   Aug 18 2006, 02:36 PM
- - tasp   From Rob: Hope you'll forgive me for this, Al...   Aug 18 2006, 02:15 PM
- - ljk4-1   According to Daniel Fischer from the HASTRO list, ...   Aug 18 2006, 03:53 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Aug 18 2006, 03:53 P...   Aug 18 2006, 04:39 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 18 2006, 05:50 PM
- - ljk4-1   What is a planet? by Steven Soter http://arxiv.or...   Aug 18 2006, 06:10 PM
|- - JamesFox   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Aug 18 2006, 02:10 P...   Aug 18 2006, 07:10 PM
||- - David   QUOTE (JamesFox @ Aug 18 2006, 07:10 PM) ...   Aug 18 2006, 07:13 PM
||- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 18 2006, 07:39 PM
||- - JamesFox   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 18 2006, 03:39 PM) ...   Aug 18 2006, 07:47 PM
|- - JamesFox   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Aug 18 2006, 02:10 P...   Aug 18 2006, 10:56 PM
- - mcaplinger   The question of what a planet is has one important...   Aug 18 2006, 06:42 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 18 2006, 06:42 PM...   Aug 18 2006, 06:50 PM
- - volcanopele   all sun-orbiting objects get numbers. Welcome to ...   Aug 18 2006, 06:58 PM
|- - Planet X   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 18 2006, 01:58 P...   Aug 18 2006, 07:08 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (David @ Aug 18 2006, 02:13 PM) I w...   Aug 18 2006, 08:10 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 18 2006, 09:20 PM
- - SethCohen   Yes, it's a term that's more cultural in o...   Aug 18 2006, 09:30 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 18 2006, 10:47 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 18 2006, 10:47 PM) ...   Aug 18 2006, 11:08 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Aug 18 2006, 11:25 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   How about we avoid the whole mess and have a diffe...   Aug 18 2006, 09:43 PM
- - David   I went back to some reference works from 1930 (the...   Aug 18 2006, 10:52 PM
|- - JamesFox   QUOTE (David @ Aug 18 2006, 06:52 PM) I w...   Aug 18 2006, 11:05 PM
|- - MCS   QUOTE (David @ Aug 18 2006, 06:52 PM) Sin...   Aug 19 2006, 09:26 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I haven't been following this debate because t...   Aug 18 2006, 11:03 PM
- - DonPMitchell   Whatever happened to the word "planetoid...   Aug 18 2006, 11:24 PM
- - ljk4-1   To add some needed humor to this debate, Stephen C...   Aug 19 2006, 02:21 AM
- - Ian R   And of course, Uranus must be reclassified as a He...   Aug 19 2006, 08:34 AM
- - Stu   An alternative proposal now means Pluto might be d...   Aug 19 2006, 10:47 AM
- - dvandorn   "This *is* the IAU, is it not?" "Y...   Aug 19 2006, 04:03 PM
- - vexgizmo   Wow--backlash! http://www.space.com/scienceas...   Aug 19 2006, 05:55 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (vexgizmo @ Aug 19 2006, 05:55 PM) ...   Aug 19 2006, 07:41 PM
|- - MCS   QUOTE (David @ Aug 19 2006, 03:41 PM) I d...   Aug 20 2006, 05:09 AM
- - volcanopele   hmm, so what exactly does "by far the largest...   Aug 19 2006, 06:45 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 19 2006, 06:45 P...   Aug 19 2006, 06:52 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 19 2006, 11:52 AM) I wou...   Aug 19 2006, 08:21 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 19 2006, 09:21 P...   Aug 19 2006, 08:25 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 19 2006, 08:21 P...   Aug 19 2006, 09:33 PM
|- - vexgizmo   QUOTE (David @ Aug 19 2006, 02:33 PM) Cat...   Aug 19 2006, 09:58 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (vexgizmo @ Aug 19 2006, 02:58 PM) ...   Aug 19 2006, 10:00 PM
- - volcanopele   In the official proposal, yes it does stipulate th...   Aug 19 2006, 08:28 PM
- - alan   QUOTE by far the largest object in its local popul...   Aug 19 2006, 09:25 PM
- - DonPMitchell   Aren't a lot of the asteroids now believed to ...   Aug 19 2006, 10:50 PM
- - Jeff7   Just chiming in, I'm in the camp that says Plu...   Aug 20 2006, 03:08 AM
- - volcanopele   This will only work until we find a KBO larger tha...   Aug 20 2006, 06:33 AM
- - Stu   I'm actually in the "Save Pluto" cam...   Aug 20 2006, 06:33 AM
- - volcanopele   Nice argument. I would definitely consider myself...   Aug 20 2006, 06:42 AM
- - Stu   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 20 2006, 06:42 A...   Aug 20 2006, 06:44 AM
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