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The latest news is that a group of scientists is gathering to discuss the admission of 12 new objects into the solar system, smaller than Pluto. They have for the moment dubbed these "Plutons".
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Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Charon Xena, Warrior Princess. Whoever can come up with the cleverest mnemonic for that wins a trophy. (Note: Ceres, Charon and Xena are the three the International Astronomical Union want to add now. They may add yet more by the time all is said and done.) This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Dopefish; Aug 16, 2006 at 11:24 AM.
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Yep, it's on the front page of my local paper. Three objects: Ceres, Charon, and 2003UB313 are the front runners to become planets of the solar system.
And then there are a dozen more candidates ranging from asteroids to Kuiper Belt Objects which could bump it up to a total of 24. At least we managed to get a clearer definition of "planet" now. It has been, what, centuries before we agreed on a good definition? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
2003UB313 should definitely get a new name... "Anvil" perhaps >_>.
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Popular belief is that it will be called Persephone.
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What a fucking tard. I hope Pluto does lose it's planetary status. I mean, the sooner we get rid of it, the sooner we'll be able to fix everything we've taught everyone all throughout gradeschool... I mean, everything we taught the kids that cared about it. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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Besides, Ceres has been Ceres for over two hundred years; giving it a new name now would just be silly.
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I just wonder why the scientific community doesn't just adopt the Star Trek methodology of planetary classification. It's already pretty much complete, after all, so very little work would need to be done other than baggin' and taggin'.
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It doesn't because the Star Trek classification of planets is really arbitrary when it comes to assigning things; just pick a letter and go. Scientists like things a little more precise than that.
It would also be really lame. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I was actually reading an article that was suggesting a categorization system similar in style to the ones they use for stars. With the colors/size scheme (you know, red giant, white dwarf, etc.).
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I heard a guy on NPR today say something interesting, that counting planets is really the least interesting question in the whole debate. That there is a lot of interesting shit up there that we should study no matter what way we want to classify it.
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Wanting to downgrade Pluto but in the meantime upgrade (what is now) 3 smaller worlds into planets just doesn't make any logic to me...
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I think my favourite part in the article I read was how they were calling one planet Xena and its moon Gabrielle. I mean, someone in that room has to realise how horribly geeky it sounds. Surely there are more appealing names instead ones from horrible 90s television.
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I actually couldnt care less if they added the two further ones, UB313 and Charon to the system. But that one in between Mars and Jupiter? Ceres? That's retarded.
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But wait, isn't Charon a moon?
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Yes, Charon is a moon of pluto, but now with these new proposed definition of what makes a planet, Charon would be given planetary status. Wikipedia has a nice article about it if you want to look it up.
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Also, it's Cupid who is the symbol of Valentine's Day, not Venus. Venus was actually an important goddess; besides being one of the 12 Olympians in Greek tradition, the Aeneid makes her as the ancestor of the Roman people. Which says something of the political situation, as Venus was also the ancestor of gens Julia. FELIPE NO |
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Many Romans claimed to descend from Venus, not just Caesar. It was attributed to descendants of Aeneas. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Pluto is nevertheless popular, so I wouldn't want it to be disregarded either. It's also one of those mysterious planets that I have tried to research through books countless times. I'm really interested in that planet.
I wonder how many more planets are out there the size of Neptune. Warp speed ahead! Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Pluto is definitely not going to lose its planetary status. It's moon Charon is even going to gain planetary status.
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