[meteorite-list] EVEN THE N. Y. TIMES HAS AN OPINION ON PLANETS

2006-08-19 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, The New York published an editorial on the planet question. Does that settle it? Hardly. But it does demonstrate that the driving force of the Eight Planet Gang is largely emotional and prejudicial. Sterling K. Webb

Re: [meteorite-list] EVEN THE N. Y. TIMES HAS AN OPINION ON PLANETS

2006-08-19 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Sterling: Well, much of the controversy started when that planetarium in New York found that it could not fit Pluto into its display because it was too far from the Sun to fit in the exhibit hall. There were a number of articles about this at the time. Beign a scientist I did a scientific