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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:54 AM Original message |
IAU unveils definition of "planet" - and Pluto is off the list |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nooooooo! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'd say that's a good definition. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My Very TALENTED Mother |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm calling the IAU on your ass. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I'm also supporting the nacho resolution |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes! I was afraid for a second that Charon and Xenia had put a shiv... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. Doesn't that mean Neptune is also not a planet, |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Neptune has a more predictable and regular orbit than Pluto, but... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Both orbits are predictable, neither is erratic |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I tend to agree with you, and here's why |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I understand Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet, |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. son. of. a. bitch. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. yeah, well EFF them! Pluto's still a planet to me. (don't mess with |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. This pisses Pluto off... |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. Next they'll move it under the Department of Homeland Security... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. First they took away the Brontosaurus and now the Planet Pluto |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. New Mnemonic Device for Solar System: |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. Would that mean Earth's no longer a planet? |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. This wouldn't have happened if we'd had paper ballots! |
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