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Astronomers Find a New Planet in Solar System
The New York Times ^
| 7/29/05
| KENNETH CHANG
Posted on 07/29/2005 3:35:26 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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To: Right Wing Professor
Enough of this nonsense! Pluto should be grandfathered-in to the solar system and we should ignore all these newfangled bodies until Disney names a cartoon character after them and they rise to a position worthy of our respect.
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:49:46 PM PDT
by
fat city
(Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
To: tortoise
Aha! So there is something unseemly going on in the Ivory Tower.
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:49:46 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
To: Right Wing Professor
They're coming, and they want our air.
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:50:05 PM PDT
by
Romish_Papist
(Papist. Veteran. American. Conservative. Tattooed. Pierced. Questions?)
To: tortoise
Does that make them the ambiguously gay duo?
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:50:28 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
To: Right Wing Professor
Add a 10th planet to the solar system - or possibly subtract one The astronomers giveth and the astronomers taketh away.
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:50:44 PM PDT
by
softwarecreator
(Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
To: Right Wing Professor
it's Utopia. Send all leftists there.
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:52:49 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(In Honor of Terri Schiavo. *check my FReeppage for the link* Let it load and have the sound on.)
To: Right Wing Professor
Who cares what it will be called, can we mine it for Naquada?
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:52:52 PM PDT
by
Better Dead Than Red
(Davis College Republicans (Best Party on Campus))
To: tortoise
Please provide links to news -- space.com isn't reporting 3
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:52:53 PM PDT
by
ZGuy
To: thoughtomator
Let's call it "Wlar", which stands for "Where Liberals Are Right".So you're one of those who believe it's a rather small planet?
To: Romish_Papist
Call it "Naboo", in honor of Star Wars. (Why not add a little levity to the mix?!)
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:53:35 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
To: Right Wing Professor
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:54:41 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: ZGuy
How about Urectum? Urectum?!!! U damned near killed 'em!
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:55:34 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(This tagline is slated for destruction to make way for a new Hyperspace bypass.)
To: RightWhale
Aha! So there is something unseemly going on in the Ivory Tower. Heh, actually yes. There has been some testiness on the astronomy lists, and a number of folks who are rather displeased with the behavior of Brown's group. Brown is trying to take control of the situation, including taking the discovery claim away from the Spanish amateur. Most of the other folks are having none of it since Brown did not catalog the objects in accordance with the rules he and all the other research groups are nominally playing by. From everyone else's perspective, if he got burned he deserved it.
Even astronomy is not immune from petty politics. :-)
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posted on
07/29/2005 3:59:41 PM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: kingu
Three? Ghads, I caught only two of them. 2003EL61 and 2003EL331 (Lila) -- what is the third? The third is at the same distance as 2003 EL61, and probably modestly larger. It was last designated as 2005FY9 if I remember correctly. It has kind of fallen through the cracks, between the Spanish amateur scooping 2003 EL61 and 2003 UB313 being a really intriguing object.
The Spanish amateur discovering 2003 EL61 is great PR for astronomy.
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posted on
07/29/2005 4:03:59 PM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: tortoise
Even astronomy is not immune from petty politics. :-)I'd hate to think we chemists were unusual :-)
To: tortoise
The Spanish amateur discovering 2003 EL61 is great PR for astronomy.What sort of telescope does he have?
To: tortoise
It gives the bourgeoise class a bad name. :)
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posted on
07/29/2005 4:06:03 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
To: Right Wing Professor
Why did I know this was coming?
Ignorance triumphs again? This story first appeared two days ago, and if memory serves me right, its orbit does not meet the requirements of the definition of a planet.
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posted on
07/29/2005 4:07:07 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: ZGuy
Please provide links to news -- space.com isn't reporting 3 I'm actually on the minor planet mailing lists where this stuff happened. Brown published his data for 2003 EL61 plus the data for two additional massive KBOs, including the planet-sized 2003 UB313. Space.com only gets filtered bits and pieces of the raw stream, like most news aggregators.
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posted on
07/29/2005 4:09:21 PM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: Right Wing Professor
Name that planet, FReepers! For those that recognize the origin of my screen name, I am obviously required to propose
Kobold
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posted on
07/29/2005 4:10:24 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
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