Pluto

[miknik5]

Ah, poor little Pluto.

I bet London Bridge is feeling disgruntled because Tower Bridge is getting all the attention from the tourists. I mean, it's just not fair, is it?

It's not fair that you're not upright

 

[lesliedellow]

It's not fair that you're not upright

Quite right, I'm horizontal at the moment. It's those two bottles of whisky I've just knocked back.

 

[HitchSlap]

Hey. There you go again
I don't even know what you mean by that

But here you are proving my point

What am I missing here? I'll have to go back and check, but aren't you the one who responds with scripture references?

 

[Loudmouth]

Okay. But regardless of his size and distance, (in relation to the sun) he holds the same properties which were the criteria used to determine what makes a planet a planet

This is the IAU definition:

1. is in orbit around the Sun,
2. has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and
3. has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit.

1. 
   IAU definition of planet - Wikipedia

Pluto doesn't meet the 3rd criteria. In effect, Pluto is a large asteroid found in the Kuiper belt.

 

[miknik5]

Quite right, I'm horizontal at the moment. It's those two bottles of whisky I've just knocked back.

Yeah!

 

[miknik5]

What am I missing here? I'll have to go back and check, but aren't you the one who responds with scripture references?

Oh. Now I have to go back and reread your post

Apparently you were expecting some sort of response from me that I did not give

 

[miknik5]

This is the IAU definition:

1. is in orbit around the Sun,
2. has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and
3. has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit.

1. 
   IAU definition of planet - Wikipedia

Pluto doesn't meet the 3rd criteria. In effect, Pluto is a large asteroid found in the Kuiper belt.

Yes. Okay. I remembered something like that but I couldn't remember the exact terminology

 

[miknik5]

This explains why you're so preachy-preachy?

Hi. What was I supposed to say?

 

[RickG]

Rick, did you read laurele's two posts?

This was done in violation of their own policies.

laurele's two posts? I did not see any posts by "laurele". I would very much like to review the source of such information.

Why are you linking me to their policies, if they won't follow them themselves?

Please point out in my links where policy was not followed.

 

[HitchSlap]

Hi. What was I supposed to say?

Genuine conversation is preferred.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Ah, poor little Pluto.

I bet London Bridge is feeling disgruntled because Tower Bridge gets all the attention from the tourists. I mean, it's just not fair, is it?

Even worse, London Bridge has an identity crisis:

London Bridge - Wikipedia

 

[Larniavc]

But NASA can make a recommendation.

I suppose so.

But it is odd how some people seem to think that NASA is this omnipotent instistution that has the monopoly on outer space.

 

[Subduction Zone]

And if Pluto becomes a planet we will then have 110 planets by the new definition. Our Moon will be one of them:

Will Pluto Get Its Planethood Back?

 

[HitchSlap]

Even worse, London Bridge has an identity crisis:

London Bridge - Wikipedia

Someone redefine "bridge," post haste!

 

[AV1611VET]

Read my posts.

Laurele's posts came first.

 

[AV1611VET]

I bet London Bridge is feeling disgruntled because Tower Bridge gets all the attention from the tourists. I mean, it's just not fair, is it?

Does Parliament arc & spark about it? is London Bridge made into a verb in mockery of its demotion to a footbridge? are there any engineers who disagree with its demotion? was it demoted by a rigged vote? do [supposedly] scientifically-minded people refuse to read two well-made posts as to why it was wrong to demote it, and just auto-deny the nay-sayers?

 

[AV1611VET]

And if Pluto becomes a planet we will then have 110 planets by the new definition.

And laurele's posts addressed that, when she mentioned the Periodic Table of the Elements going from 10 elements to 120 (numbers may vary).

 

[AV1611VET]

Someone redefine "bridge," post haste!

That would take a lot of work.

First, wait until all the engineers leave, then rig a vote not allowing them to voice any opinion, then pare the number of voters down to 4%, consisting of those who don't really deal with bridges, per se (cement workers, railing builders, painters), then cross your fingers and hope that most of the other 96%, will automatically agree, so you can call it "consensus of opinion".

 

[AV1611VET]

Quite right, I'm horizontal at the moment. It's those two bottles of whisky I've just knocked back.

Liquid sin.

 

[AV1611VET]

This is the IAU definition:

1. is in orbit around the Sun,
2. has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and
3. has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit.

1. 
   IAU definition of planet - Wikipedia

Pluto doesn't meet the 3rd criteria. In effect, Pluto is a large asteroid found in the Kuiper belt.

Didn't read laurele's posts, did you?