Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- Original Message - From: Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 What happened to the initiative

RE: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Michel FRANCO
] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 Hi, Nice headline: Pluto is now just a number. I'd imagine The Planet Pluto is feeling a little blue about now. (Anybody checked its UVB magnitude lately?) Having the blues usually calls for a song. Here it is. (Adapted from Secret Agent Man, by P.F

RE: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
: Meteorite Mailing List Cc : Ron Baalke Objet : Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 Hi, Nice headline: Pluto is now just a number. I'd imagine The Planet Pluto is feeling a little blue about now. (Anybody checked its UVB magnitude lately?) Having

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Herbert Raab
Sterling K. Webb wrote: Marsden has been trying to get jurisdiction over Pluto for a long time. If it isn't a planet, why does he want it so badly? As a matter of fact, the MPC already collects all available astrometric observations for Pluto for many yeras now, as it does for all minor

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Dear Herbert: I am sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this. I have known Brian for years and I have a great respect for the work he and the Minor Planets Center have done and are continuing to do. However, Brian has been a proponent of demoting Pluto for nearly a decade. By making

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-12 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Nice headline: Pluto is now just a number. I'd imagine The Planet Pluto is feeling a little blue about now. (Anybody checked its UVB magnitude lately?) Having the blues usually calls for a song. Here it is. (Adapted from Secret Agent Man, by P.F. Sloan and S. Barri, 1966.) PLANET

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-12 Thread Mr EMan
What happened to the initiative a couple years back were Pluto was also given a Trans Neptuneian Object(sic) and/or Minor Planet number(?) of 10,000 --it was going to be dual slotted. I don't remember the details very well but I am sure someone here has them. Elton