Pluto, and the Ninth Planet.

[Goonie]

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-row

 

[lesliedellow]

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-rowView attachment 173658

Maybe we should have a vote to decide whether the Atlantic is really an ocean, or just an overgrown duck pond.

 

[SkyWriting]

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-rowView attachment 173658

 

[SkyWriting]

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-rowView attachment 173658

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Ah the Arbitrariness of definitions.

What are they going to call the ninth planet if it exists? I don't think many Roman gods remain. I would suggest calling it after the personification of Rhetoric, because it seems both sides will spend ages trying to convince the other.

 

[AV1611VET]

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[That Guy 11200]

The current definition is rediculous. Why does a definition for a planet need to take into account its environment?

1) is in orbit around a star
2) has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape)

That's a good, parsimonious definition.

3) has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit.

This is nonsense.

Imagine if the biological sciences took into account an animals' environment when determining its species. For example, two groups of animals, both identical in every way, but one group lives in a savannah in Africa while the other lives in the forests of Northern Europe. Taking the environment into account would mean they are different species, which is stupid.

 

[AV1611VET]

Imagine if the biological sciences took into account an animals' environment when determining its species. For example, two groups of animals, both identical in every way, but one group lives in a savannah in Africa while the other lives in the forests of Northern Europe.

Isn't that exactly what some scientists taught at one time?

 

[Goonie]

Oops misposr