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Posted on 07/20/2008 10:55:33 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:58:17 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: LibWhacker
Don’t call them Dwarf Planets. They prefer to be called Little Planets.
Let’s have some consideration around here : )
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:58:20 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: LibWhacker
They are little planets not dwarfs - and certainly not midgets!
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:58:35 AM PDT
by
The Lumster
(USA - where the innocent have nothing to fear!)
To: LibWhacker
That picture is hilarious. I hadn’t seen that one before. LOL!
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:00:53 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The U.S. Constitution was not written to protect those who want to destroy America.)
To: LibWhacker
I wish he’d named it Mike Brown instead of Makemake.
To: LibWhacker
Makemake is not a new plutoid. Too much hype in the headline.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:03:09 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: LibWhacker
Interesting but why go away from the tradition of naming them after characters in Greek or Roman mythology? I have no idea where Makemake comes from but would bet long odds that it has something to do with political correctness.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:06:33 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: LibWhacker
Title is obviously a mistake (if not worse). It should have been “Under the wise guidance of Obama NASA scientists make more discoveries”.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:06:48 AM PDT
by
alecqss
To: LibWhacker
a planet is now officially known as "a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape and (c) has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit." Question: What the hell does "cleared the neighborhood" mean and how is it quantitatively measured?
Answer: The planet has no illegal aliens within on light year.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: RightWhale
I think he’d argue that it’s not officially a plutoid until the IAU makes its ruling, which it did on Monday. But you’re quite right, I think Makemake was discovered back in May, wasn’t it?
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:10:26 AM PDT
by
LucyT
(What happens in Denver won't stay in Denver... August 25 - 28, 2008)
To: LibWhacker
Makemake is newly named. I can allow that much. First star should be appearing in a couple weeks if it clears up; until then I allow very little.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:13:57 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: yarddog
Makemake is a polynesian god.
I’m waiting for the first person to try naming a dwarf planet “allah.” That should be fun to watch.
To: yarddog
Yup... From the discovering astronomer's
page:
Makemake is the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the mythology of the South Pacific island of Rapa Nui. He was the chief god of the Tangata manu bird-man cult and was worshipped in the form of sea birds, which were his incarnation. His material symbol, a man with a bird's head, can be found carved in petroglyphs on the island. Makemake, being of Polynesian descent, is pronounced Hawaiian-style (or at least what I think of as Hawaiian style), as Maki-maki.
To: LibWhacker
I can’t believe it matters.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:20:00 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Just a typical white guy: clinging to my guns, my religion, and my antipathy...)
To: LibWhacker
Space is dark.
Space is... cold.
Stars occupy minute quantities of space,
they are clustered a few billion here a few billion there,
as if seeking safety in numbers.
Space does not care.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:22:46 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(American Government: Providing Middle Class Incomes to Unemployables for Over 200 Years!)
To: MediaMole
Im waiting for the first person to try naming a dwarf planet allah. That should be fun to watch.
How about naming a hurricane "Muhammad" or "Ali"??
We should definitely protest the exclusion of the name Muhammad for a hurricane as the Government condoning a religion. (or whatever the opposite of separation from church and State)
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:22:56 AM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com -- read, learn, blog, or get out of my way.)
To: LibWhacker
His website says it was discovered in 2005.
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