IAU Announcement: Pluto Reclassified as a Planet!
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Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 
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Not sure if this is true or not, (it is April 1 afterall,) but.... IAU Announcement: Pluto Reclassified as a Planet! T.A. ID: 1498346 ·  |
 Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Not sure if this is true or not, (it is April 1 afterall,) but.... Considering that the page's tag is "april fools" should say a lot. ;-) Cheers. ID: 1498349 · |
anniet  Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 
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Not sure if this is true or not, (it is April 1 afterall,) but.... I got really happy for a moment there - and then felt a bit not :) Does that mean we can say it's a planet for one day a year then? :) ID: 1498355 · |
Donald L. Johnson  Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 
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Not sure if this is true or not, (it is April 1 afterall,) but.... Call Pluto a Planet every day if you want. Remember what Shakespeare said about names..... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1500304 · |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan  Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 
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a rose by any other name is still a rose :) ? ID: 1500360 · |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75
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Thank you Donald I will :) and thank you Byron for reminding me what the relevant quote in this instance was (midst the million other things Shakespeare said about lending ears and whatnot) :) ID: 1500494 · |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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I reckon that the majority of us older people will always call Pluto a planet. Cheers. ID: 1500495 · |
rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22203 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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You, just read my sig line... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1500558 · |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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You, just read my sig line... Sorry Rob, but do you have that in your sig? I wouldn't know as I've had sigs turned off for many, many years now. ;-) Cheers. ID: 1500566 · |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22203 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Post should have read "YUP....." - $%^&*( auto correct.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1500571 · |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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You, just read my sig line... Yes, I did remember that. And that you're not the only one..... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1500574 · |
David S  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12
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a rose by any other name is still a rose :) ? I believe the line is "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1501074 · |
Bob DeWoody  Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10
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To me Pluto is still a planet, dwarf or not. I think the IAU came up with the dwarf planet category in a vain attempt to placate all us older people who were taught there were nine planets. No matter how it is officially designated it is still the same object, just the definition has changed and for the life of me I still can't understand the reasoning behind the IAU's ruling. It's round, has a moon and orbits the sun. Mercury is only slightly bigger but retains it's full status as a planet. Just think of how many pages of posts that would not have been made had the IAU just left things alone. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. ID: 1501087 · |
Julie  Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 
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Uli  Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 
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Thank you Julie. I had that tag for a long time. Been looking up since 5/18/1999. Yes I know it doesn't match my current sig, Danimal started the original account. Pluto will always be a planet to me.  Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt ID: 1502546 · |
James Sotherden  Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54
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To me Pluto is still a planet, dwarf or not. I think the IAU came up with the dwarf planet category in a vain attempt to placate all us older people who were taught there were nine planets. No matter how it is officially designated it is still the same object, just the definition has changed and for the life of me I still can't understand the reasoning behind the IAU's ruling. It's round, has a moon and orbits the sun. Mercury is only slightly bigger but retains it's full status as a planet. You are right. Part of the definition was a planet had to clear its orbit of astroids. I dont know of any planet that does not get whacked by them. So thats a stupid rule. To me if its round by gravity, Orbits the sun, Then its a damn planet.  [/quote]Old James ID: 1502551 · |
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