But should the soap fit in the box or should the box be fitting for the soap??
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet > > > > Two, 2003UB313 IS a planet under the "rules" that were in effect at > > the time of discovery. > > There is no formal definition for a planet, and that it the crux of the > problem. The IAU will be providing a formal definition soon. > > >You don't change the rules after the game is over > > because you don't like the outcome, not even in Paris (or do you?). > > It is not a game, it is just a classification, which is being modified > to accomodate the latest data. Just look at how meteorites are classified. > We would like to classify each meteorite cleanly into its own subgroup. > But we occasionaly run into a meteorite that doesn't fit very well > in the current classification scheme, so we temporarily label > it as 'anomolous'. We eventually modify the classification to > accomodate these anomolous meteorites, usually by creating a new subgroup, or > expanding the definition of an existing subgroup. Same thing with the planets. > We have a few anomolous objects that don't fit very in the current > classification, which was poorly defined to begin with. We are going > through a process of reclassifcation based on the latest data, which > was long overdue. > > Ron Baalke > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
