Hi Dirk, all - The problem is that there are a whole lot more plutos which are being discovered. A whole whole lot more.
I wonder what the public's reaction was when Ceres was demoted back in the 1800's? It would make a good side bar for someone. good hunting, Ed --- drtanuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, > It appears that the only reason for dropping poor > Pluto from the list of planets is an American > cultural > bias in that SIZE COUNTS. Pluto, as do the rest of > the planets, orbits the Sun in a somewhat regular > manner as a planet; therefore leave its > classification > alone. > Science may change the status of Pluto; but Pluto > will still exist as it has without any concern of > Man`s (new-school-biased? Astronomer`s) scheme of > things. > Sincerely, Pluto fan for 9.....Dirk Ross...Tokyo > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
