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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It's not a planet it's an asteroid. It's a stupid game of semantics. Several years ago a bunch of activists got all their supporters together at the annual meeting of the IAU and waited until 2/3 of the membership had left on the last day of the meeting and then rewrote what this self appointed body considers to be a planet verses and asteroid.

Pluto was stripped of its status as a planet and called a "dwarf planet" and the asteroid Ceres along with a few other large solar system bodies out past Pluto were added to that category. Nothing in reality has changed. All that happened was a bunch of people using Alinsky tactics strong-armed their controversial views into "acceptability." The only reason the IAU has any authority to name objects and their features at all is because every who is interested in the topic long ago agreed to be bound by their opinions.

27 posted on 02/21/2015 6:02:18 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Well Eris is the Goddess of discord. She was also responsible for the Trojan War.


35 posted on 02/21/2015 6:13:23 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Interesting.


56 posted on 02/21/2015 9:00:46 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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