Is Gravity About To Get Plutoed?

[Tiberius]

Did my family rename it to "Happy Gully" by taking a vote behind closed doors and locking me out?

You weren't there. What were they going to do, call up every single relative of the family from around the world and ask them? Stop avoiding the issue and answer the question.

 

[AV1611VET]

Stating that they are not professional astronomers is a bit over the top. The vote was at one of the IAU conferences. Given that there are multiple conferences by multiple scientific organisations in each field each year and you can't go to all, everyone has to choose which conferences to go to.

Also, not all astronomers have planetary astronomy as their specialization, so scientists looking at star formation might have skipped this meeting for obvious reasons.

They didn't 'skip it' ... they went home, the vote was held after most attendees had already left.

From Post #5:

The vote was conducted in violation of the IAU's own bylaws on the last day of a two-week conference when most attendees already had left.

 

[Subduction Zone]

They didn't 'skip it' ... they went home, the vote was held after most attendees had already left.

From Post #5:

Links please.

And as pointed out, if the meeting was on the schedule and mainly planetary astronomers were there you don't have much of a complaint.

 

[AV1611VET]

And as pointed out, if the meeting was on the schedule and mainly planetary astronomers were there you don't have much of a complaint.

From Post #5:

Also, many planetary scientists do not belong to the IAU and therefore had no say in this matter.

 

[Subduction Zone]

From Post #5:

No, the request was for links to outside sources that back up your claims.

 

[AV1611VET]

No, the request was for links to outside sources that back up your claims.

Ya ... I know; that's your trump card, when you get backed into a corner.

ETA: Here you go, an outside link for you to deny further: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100314/NEWS/100319743

 

[Subduction Zone]

Ya ... I know; that's your trump card, when you get backed into a corner.

ETA: Here you go, an outside link for you to deny further: Laurel Kornfeld: Pluto still a planet | Gainesville.com

Wrong again AVET, you cannot back someone into a corner in the first place without evidence. And I see that your article did not support your claims. First it was not a professional article. Second it did not answer my questions.

Yes, it is obvious that many members of the IAU are not planetary astronomers. The question was what astronomers were at the meeting. Planetary ones or just average ones?

 

[AV1611VET]

Wrong again AVET, you cannot back someone into a corner in the first place without evidence. And I see that your article did not support your claims. First it was not a professional article. Second it did not answer my questions.

Yes, it is obvious that many members of the IAU are not planetary astronomers. The question was what astronomers were at the meeting. Planetary ones or just average ones?

Don't know ... don't care ... don't care to know.

Your John 9 inquisition means nothing to me.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Don't know ... don't care ... don't care to know.

Your John 9 inquisition means nothing to me.

Right, that is because you know, that as usual, you are wrong.

You have no links that support your claim. In fact the links directly oppose it.

The group that changed the definition of planet was the group that was assigned that task by the IAU. Anytime that a vote like this is held not everybody will be pleased. So it does not really mean anything if people against this change can find a planetary astronomer or two that oppose it.

If you read this article you will see that it was not the back room deal that AVET tries to make it out to be:

Pluto Not a Planet, Astronomers Rule

 

[JustMeSee]

You are wasting your time arguing with AV.

 

[Subduction Zone]

You are wasting your time arguing with AV.

Yes, I know. He is almost always wrong but he never admits it. If you realize that it is possible to have fun with him.

 

[Tiberius]

Oh, AV...

Wasting time worrying about the label given to a thing rather than the thing itself.

Seriously, you're like a guy who buys a car only for the engine to explode, and you're more worried about whether it's the 2008 model or the 2009.

 

[seeking Christ]

So gravity is responsible for engines exploding? Does this only happen while Pluto is a planet?

 

[Tiberius]

So gravity is responsible for engines exploding? Does this only happen while Pluto is a planet?

I know you're just being silly, because no one could actually be that stupid as to think that's what I was actually saying...

 

[seeking Christ]

The difference is when I do it, its on purpose.

 

[AV1611VET]

The difference is when I do it, its on purpose.

OUCH!

 

[Tiberius]

The difference is when I do it, its on purpose.

So you think my comment about how it is foolish to be worried about what you're going to call a thing when there are much more important issues is unwarranted?

 

[AV1611VET]

So you think my comment about how it is foolish to be worried about what you're going to call a thing when there are much more important issues is unwarranted?

When scientists have to rig a vote to get a desired result, that tells me there's more to it than just calling something something else.

 

[seeking Christ]

I'll call it something else alright ...

 

[mzungu]

When scientists have to rig a vote to get a desired result, that tells me there's more to it than just calling something something else.

SOURCE PLEASE