[meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate

Hi Listees I love to read Sterling K. Webb's posts because they are so informative in an often unconventional way. I love to read Martin Altmann's because they make me smile! Buckleboo to all! Mike Fowler Chicago Can you imagine, what could happened if CIA is monitoring your mail? Soon

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Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8681-xena-reignites-a-planetsized-debate.html Xena reignites a planet-sized debate Maggie McKee

RE: [meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate

Hi Sterling and List, The definition of a planet that I've encountered that I like best is pretty scientifically concise and simple: Any natural body orbiting a star that has a mass greater than the sum of the masses of all other objects in a similar orbit. The only fuzziness in the definition

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K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate __ Meteorite

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@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate The definition of a planet that I've encountered that I like best is pretty scientifically concise and simple: Any natural body orbiting a star that has a mass greater

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Sterling W. wrote: At this point it is worth noting that the major minor planets (Ceres, Vesta, etc.) and the planet Uranus are naked eye objects. ..planet can be made of chopped liver...it can be a pancake ... Hola Sterling, List, All of this talk about planets is making me hungry. I am

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Chris P. wrote: no matter how the IAU defines planet, the vast majority of the lay public will continue to use the term as I defined it above, meaning that when scientists use I heartily second your proposal Chris on the grounds that scientists, if you could call bureaucrats that, are

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: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate Hi Sterling and List, The definition

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But Doug, you're irresponsible! Can you imagine, what could happened if CIA is monitoring your mail? Soon your president would announce a plan for a mission to Ceres for for for mining Cereals Before the Chinese will do so. ...I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the

[meteorite-list] 2003 UB313 Reignites a Planet-Sized Debate

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8681-xena-reignites-a-planetsized-debate.html Xena reignites a planet-sized debate Maggie McKee New Scientist 06 February 2006 The heated debate over what constitutes a planet has reignited following last week's confirmation that the most distant