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 Aug 24 2006, 07:46 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15  |
Astonomers are getting on my nerves. The other day they were arguing over whether some of our solar system's moons should be called planets instead. In fact, I read an article the other day where they were wanting to change the defintion of a planet and this new definition would mean that someday our moon would be classified as a planet. I dont know whether or not they decided on that new definition but it basically stated that any object orbiting a planet whose center of gravity falls outside the planet it is orbiting will be considered a planet. Because the moon is moving farther and farther away from the earth, it would one day become a planet under that definition. Now, they voted yesterday that Pluto isnt a planet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny |
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Aug 24 2006, 08:16 AM
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Aug 24 2006, 08:30 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
everything is a planet
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Aug 24 2006, 09:07 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
FYI, it's not the center of gravity of the moon itself that would make it a planet. It's the center of gravity of the combined moon-Earth system.
They've been arguing about Pluto for decades, though. While there's news on this now, the debate really isn't anything new. -------------------- |
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Aug 24 2006, 09:36 AM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. thats not too bad of a definition for a 'planet'. too bad they didnt mention what definitions they gave dwarf planets or other celestial bodies. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Aug 24 2006, 09:47 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Aug 24 2006, 10:07 AM) FYI, it's not the center of gravity of the moon itself that would make it a planet. It's the center of gravity of the combined moon-Earth system. They've been arguing about Pluto for decades, though. While there's news on this now, the debate really isn't anything new. thats not how it stated it in the article the other day i dont believe. and yes, the debate has been going on for some time, but the voted and made it official |
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Aug 24 2006, 11:10 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
are they trying to redifine a planet to purposley remove pluto's planet status?
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Aug 28 2006, 07:19 AM
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It's a ploy to get schools to actually buy new (their) textbooks.
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Aug 28 2006, 08:29 AM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Aug 28 2006, 08:19 AM) It's a ploy to get schools to actually buy new (their) textbooks. i actually agree with this. inner-city kids aren't going to know pluto isn't a planet until 2025 |
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Aug 30 2006, 09:32 AM
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QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Aug 28 2006, 08:29 AM) inner-city kids aren't going to know pluto isn't a planet until 2025 hahahahaha --------------------  |
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