Hi list, I think they should name all those outer planet "want-to-be's" after carton characters, heck we already have Pluto, we can add Mickey and Mini, Daffy, Donald, bugs, porky, Sylvester and tweety! : ) Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <><
----- Original Message ----- From: "tracy latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet > What about 'planitesimal'? I had always thought that referred to an object > in orbit around the Sun that wasn't one of the 9 commonly accepted as > 'planets'. > > Personally, speaking from a planeto-centrist view, I'd say that the next > rock we find in orbit has to be at least the size of Mars before I could > concede it might be a planet. Pluto I'm willing to grandfather in, but none > of this frozen-uber-pea size stuff. > > Tracy Latimer > > >From: AL Mitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Chris Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: Meteorite Mailing List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet > >Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0500 > > > >Hi Chris and all, > > > >I like the word Plutonianites for these larger objects, planets. Maybe > >PlutoPlanets. > > > >--AL > > > >Chris Peterson Wrote: > > > >I say come up with a new word. (for planets) > > > > > > > >______________________________________________ > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.9/62 - Release Date: 8/2/2005 > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
