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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:07 pm
by BingoTheClowno
Link at Astronomy magazine
Plutonians are not very happy!
The question is however when will the planet Z be recognized as a full fledged planet?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:13 pm
by Neil B
Damn,
Does that mean that Chris Werner & I have got to go back and take some more photos or were our photos responsible ?
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... orum=17&46
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:36 pm
by Lima
"the Green Planet"
An unical planet. A previously un-discovered Earth' satellite.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:18 am
by wayne
Back you go, Neil
Heard on the radio just now that the centre of gravity of the binary Pluto-Charon is between the little planety things somewhere - they revolve around it.
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:28 am
by Counterparts
'Planet' comes from the Greek language originally, and means "wandering star".
So in those times the definition would have been limited to those 'planets' visible by the naked eye, which wouldn't have included Neptune, Uranus, Pluto or even Mercury.
All this changed...yesterday!
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:55 am
by Liquid Len
On 2006-08-25 04:28, Counterparts wrote:
'Planet' comes from the Greek language originally, and means "wandering star".
So in those times the definition would have been limited to those 'planets' visible by the naked eye, which wouldn't have included Neptune, Uranus, Pluto or even Mercury.
All this changed...yesterday!
Mercury is visible to the naked eye.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:30 am
by Counterparts
It's very difficult though as it is always in such proximity to the sun.
I've never seen it myself with the naked eye, but have caught it in transit using a telescope (stick a cereal box over the end of the 'scope and project onto a screen behind). That's quite a good way to watch sunspots too
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:48 am
by Liquid Len
Maybe the moon should be reclassified as a twin planet to earth, unique in the solar system. All the other planets' moons are significantly smaller than their planet, but our moon is a lot closer in size (relatively speaking).
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:50 am
by wayne
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:38 am
by wayne
Absolutely!
May I say, stardust, that whenever I look at your nick it is a wonderful reminder of what we are
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:51 am
by BingoTheClowno
"the universe... appears to be organized in ways that enable it to observe and know itself."
Joanna Macy "World as Lover, World as Self" (1991:75)
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