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That new definition would just lead to popular confusion, I think.
1 posted on 03/19/2017 3:37:35 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

If Jupiter is not a planet, what do we call it?

Think of the interplanetary wars we could have with 110 planets in our solar system!!


2 posted on 03/19/2017 3:40:01 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: JimSEA

If Jupiter is not a planet, what do we call it?

Think of the interplanetary wars we could have with 110 planets in our solar system!!


3 posted on 03/19/2017 3:40:01 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: JimSEA

That new definition would just lead to popular confusion, I think.

Popular confusion needs no help.


4 posted on 03/19/2017 3:40:51 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: JimSEA

Pluto is still pissed off about its downgrade.

Does this now make it a Senior Planet like it used to be?


5 posted on 03/19/2017 3:43:29 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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To: JimSEA

It’s those people that for stupid sentimental reasons want Pluto to be called a planet again, like they learned in grade school. Even though they’ve never seen or ever will see the tiny ball of ice they hold so dear, they betray the very soul of science over it by saying their feelings are more important than empirical data.


6 posted on 03/19/2017 3:48:26 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Why, yes. Earth has a gob of moons when the definition of “moon” is appropriately adjusted.


7 posted on 03/19/2017 3:48:55 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: JimSEA

Now, how are we supposed to memorize all those names?


8 posted on 03/19/2017 3:56:45 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: JimSEA

So all the asteroids are planets now?


9 posted on 03/19/2017 3:57:43 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: JimSEA

“Our solar system could contain over 100 planets if a new classification system is approved. “

Sorry. Approval or disapproval of a classification system does not make planets appear or disappear.

They are or aren’t planets, irrespective of the classification system.


12 posted on 03/19/2017 4:00:52 PM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: JimSEA

Same liberal agenda — redefine EVERYTHING. Make everything lose its meaning. A planet could be a meteor if it wants to be meteor. Who are you to say it is not a meteor?


14 posted on 03/19/2017 4:11:18 PM PDT by sagar
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To: JimSEA

Every asteroid gets a trophy.


17 posted on 03/19/2017 4:30:40 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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If a body orbits a planet, it’s a moon. I don’t care how big it is.

On the other hand, I never did agree with denoting Pluto to a dwarf planet. It orbits the sun, and has enough mass to have pulled itself into a sphere. Other bodies that meet that description should also be designated as planets.


18 posted on 03/19/2017 4:36:02 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: JimSEA

I think if an asteroid self identifies as a planet, then it’s a planet.


19 posted on 03/19/2017 4:36:26 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (SJW is the weaponization of compassion.)
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To: JimSEA

nevertheless, it is exactly the same solar system


21 posted on 03/19/2017 4:46:52 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: JimSEA

Moon, the planet....


23 posted on 03/19/2017 4:56:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: JimSEA

Call a dog’s tail a leg...


24 posted on 03/19/2017 4:57:23 PM PDT by BlueDragon (my kinfolk had to fight off wagon burnin' scalp taking Comanches, reckon we could take on a few more)
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To: JimSEA

My how unstable settled science is.

We cant determine how many planets are in the solar system by a factor of 10, but we know for certain that the planet will be a half a degree warmer each year for the next hundred years. (Not counting the last ten years)

Perhaps we should invent some method to measure the mean temperature of the entire planet some day. Something no one has ever been able to do.


27 posted on 03/19/2017 6:04:08 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: JimSEA

If Uranus self identifies as an asteroid who are we to argue. Just more liberal BS.


40 posted on 03/19/2017 7:04:02 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: JimSEA

Maybe Rosie O’Donnell will be a planet under the new system. ;-)


44 posted on 03/19/2017 7:46:58 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: JimSEA

The definition they came up with wasn’t all that bad.
A) orbits the sun. Ok, so far so good.
B) it’s round, also ok.
C) cleared its orbit, total bs, no planets orbit is totally clear.

Get rid of C, we’ll probably end up with somewhere between 12 and 20 planets but at least it’s a definition that makes sense.


63 posted on 03/20/2017 9:17:07 AM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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