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Sidney J. Snodgrass Send message Joined: 5 Apr 06 Posts: 58 Credit: 202,474 RAC: 0 |
How long before this gets updated? Ah, Muriel Miggins - will she ever be mine |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
How long before this gets updated? And what's wrong with updates? The clamor of elementary school children over Pluto's demotion was ... [fill in the blank]. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Wonder how the Sumerians knew this before we did. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 |
It's a shame that they call Ceres a dwarf planet. Why don't they adjust the minimum size so that Ceres can be an asteroid like all the others between Mars and Jupiter? |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Have a look at Ceres: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_stories/ceres_dwarf.asp She is small but doesn't look like an asteroid. You'll also see the NASA/JPL def for a "standard" planet and a dwarf planet. . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Walla Send message Joined: 14 May 06 Posts: 329 Credit: 177,013 RAC: 0 |
Whoa, Ceres is much bigger than I thought. I figured it was a large asteroid but I was wrong. |
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