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From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May
Dooh! better rename that one.
Jerry Flaherty
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From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All
On Fri, 18 Aug
-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:37:34 -0700, you wrote:
history community. These are people who know the issues, who know the
science
(the words and concepts are far from arbitrary),
I realized something tonight that I knew but for some reason, it hadn't
stuck
Hello List:
Fun question: Will the rules potentially affect whether we can call a
Lunar meteorite a planetary meteorite (current use of Lunar and Planetary
as in LPS, notwithstanding)? How about a Vestoid meteorite?.
Also I am really relieved that my objections to Dr. Lebofsky about orbits of
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:53:11 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
For example, brown dwarfs are low-mass stars that fail to produce the
thermonuclear fusion that powers real stars.
Interesting side note on this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5260008.stm
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and the Charon aspect specifically for going too far in essentially
recasting too many small round objects as full-fledged planets.
Eventually,
with new discoveries, there would likely be hundreds.
Hello Again, The Charon and the rotating around center of mass outside the
larger body (Pluto in
Hi Doug:
I am not an expert on dynamics, but the center of mass is the center of mass.
If you have two objects in orbit (revolve, not rotate) around the center of
mass, if one were larger, its orbit would have to be elliptical in order for
the center of mass to go outside to inside of it.
We
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:53:50 -0500, you wrote:
P.P.D. Pluto was actually named after the Disney Dog character by a British
child
Not only that, but a British child with precognition! (How else could she know
that the dog would be named Pluto in the future?)
Pluto is also the name of the Roman
Hello Larry and Darren, OK, I checked your facts and I'll stuff the idea
about the Disney character where the Sun don't shine and it belongs. And
further I trust you. If you happen to have the British girl's email
address sure I'll send a message to further vindicate you and Darren.
As for the
Hi Sterling, you really don't have to disagree with me because you have
edited an old message of mine to the point of completely changing its
meaning - with a new meaning I disagree with as well..
Here's what I said: The IAU Committee has utterly failed by not including a
committee
member of the
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All
Hi Sterling, you really don't have to disagree with me because you have
edited an old message of mine to the point of completely changing its
meaning - with a new meaning I disagree with as well..
Here's what I said: The IAU Committee
Darren wrote: BBC interview with the woman/former girl who named Pluto that
I ran across.
Doug had written: further I trust you. If you happen to have the British
girl's email address sure I'll send a message to further vindicate you and
Darren.
Hi Darren, if the woman formerly known as the
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and the Charon aspect specifically for going too
far in essentially
recasting too many small round objects as
full
: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All
Hi all -
Sterling, I want to arise in defense of Rob Roy Britt.
--- Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Second: you'll notice that much of the
coverage of the planet definition controversy is
coming out of Space.com. In searching up
As long as Rob Britt quotes me correctly and not out of context, I am happy to
be worked by him.
By the way, there are a good number of real astronomers who are making very
strong comments about this resolution. I am not sure that I have ever seen so
many egos coming out (I trust me and thee
Hi Doug:
I never thought that I would admit to agreeing completely with Sterling (just
kidding), but I am.
I have googled Kripke's credentials and I do not see how he would add anything
to the committee. As I said before and I will say again, a lot of thought went
into the formation of this
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:37:34 -0700, you wrote:
history community. These are people who know the issues, who know the science
(the words and concepts are far from arbitrary),
I realized something tonight that I knew but for some reason, it hadn't stuck me
before: the word pluton already has a
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