[meteorite-list] Charles Burney Jr. and the term 'asteroid'

[Paul H.]

In “Charles Burney Jr. and the term 'asteroid'” at:
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Martin wrote:

 this sounds interesting:

Greek scholar invented the term asteroid, researcher reveals

http://www.lodinews.com/ap/nation/article_3c86d500-3070-11e3-9637-10604b9f0f42.html

I keep getting error 404 messages for this URL. Below are 
additional URLs for people to look at:

Greek scholar invented the term 'asteroid' Stuff.co.nz, October 10, 2013
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9262248/Greek-scholar-invented-the-term-asteroid

Local expert reveals who really coined the word 'asteroid'
by Robert Nolin, Sun Sentinel, October 8, 2013
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-10-08/news/fl-asteroid-word-origin-20131008_1_asteroid-word-planetary-sciences
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/where-did-the-word-asteroid-really-come-from/

Yours,

Paul H
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[meteorite-list] Charles Burney Jr. and the term 'asteroid'

[karmaka]

Dear list members,

this sounds interesting:

Greek scholar invented the term asteroid, researcher reveals

http://www.lodinews.com/ap/nation/article_3c86d500-3070-11e3-9637-10604b9f0f42.html

Best regards

Martin


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Re: [meteorite-list] Charles Burney Jr. and the term 'asteroid'

[Alan Rubin]

The article concludes that asteroid is the right word for these objects. 
The term is certainly familiar and entrenched, but it means star-like and 
is appropriate only to the appearance of these objects in a small telescope. 
Other terms that have been used frequently are minor planet and 
planetoid.  These may be more accurate, but are certainly not euphonious. 
And we now have one asteroid, Ceres, that is also a dwarf planet.  Vermin 
of the skies has a nice ring to it, but what would we call the asteroid 
belt -- zone of sky vermin?  I think we're stuck with asteroid, but must 
not forget that the term also refers to starfish (which are, of course, 
echinoderms from the class Asteroidea).


Alan Rubin
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
University of California
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Dear list members,

this sounds interesting:

Greek scholar invented the term asteroid, researcher reveals

http://www.lodinews.com/ap/nation/article_3c86d500-3070-11e3-9637-10604b9f0f42.html

Best regards

Martin


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