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To: SunkenCiv
...define a planet as any object whose diameter exceeds 2,000 kilometers and that is round as a result of gravity,...

Realizing that science is an exercise in anal retentiveness, shouldn't that definition be "spherical?"

19 posted on 12/28/2005 4:40:22 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: The_Victor

If it were about anal retentiveness, it has to refer to Uranus.

[long pause]

You realize, of course, that if I hadn't said it, someone else would have.


20 posted on 12/28/2005 4:50:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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