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Pluto Now Called a Plutoid
space.com ^
| 6-11-2008
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 06/11/2008 11:36:15 PM PDT by Westlander
The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term "plutoid" as a name for Pluto and other objects that just two years ago were redefined as "dwarf planets."
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; p4; p5; pluto; plutoid; xplanets
Ah hell, now I have to throw my science project in the garbage.
To: Westlander; All
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:44:53 PM PDT
by
notdownwidems
(Vote Republican! We're 1/10 of 1% better than the other guys!)
To: Westlander
So now we call that stuff that gives such a bang “Plutoidium”?
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:50:00 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: notdownwidems
To: notdownwidems
To: max americana
I had an impacted plutoid on my urectum.
Hurt like hell.
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:01:02 AM PDT
by
stravinskyrules
(Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
To: stravinskyrules
Hey! This is serious s**t !
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:15:41 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: stravinskyrules
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:19:50 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: notdownwidems
“But what about Uranus?”
It's still classified as a Black hole.
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:20:13 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(")
To: Westlander
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posted on
06/12/2008 12:24:03 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
To: Westlander
He's not happy about this.
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:38:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:43:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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"To Pluto And Far Beyond" By David H. Levy, Parade, January 15, 2006 -- We don't have a dictionary definition yet that includes all the contingencies. In the wake of the new discovery, however, the International Astronomical Union has set up a group to develop a workable definition of planet. For our part, in consultation with several experienced planetary astronomers, Parade offers this definition: A planet is a body large enough that, when it formed, it condensed under its own gravity to be shaped like a sphere. It orbits a star directly and is not a moon of another planet. |
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:45:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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