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this from a guy who has not known pluto was a planet for centuries? Kashuba, Ontario, California wrote: JK and List, I LIKE the (legitimate) advertisements. It's good to know when new material is available. In the August number of Meteorite magazine Norbert Classen mentions how, late one n

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JK and List, I LIKE the (legitimate) advertisements. It's good to know when new material is available. In the August number of Meteorite magazine Norbert Classen mentions how, late one night, an email on this list from John and Dawn Birdsell led him to one of the gems of his already fantasti

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mah its many strange, this person its the unique that it does not succeed to put messagges in a yahoo group when the other there they succeedmistery > At 04:31 PM 8/2/2005, Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! > wrote: > >Good evening list.This is the 3rd time I have tried > to post on yahoogroups >

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Dave and List, I know how you feel Dave. But, while I see Steve Arnold #2 as being a substantial problem on the List, he isn't the only problem. A couple of weeks ago I sent a personal email to Art expressing some of my own frustrations and told him I was thinking about leaving the List. What

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Hi list, I think they should name all those outer planet "want-to-be's" after carton characters, heck we already have Pluto, we can add Mickey and Mini, Daffy, Donald, bugs, porky, Sylvester and tweety! : ) Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< - Original Message - From: "tracy latimer" <[EMAIL

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Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

What about 'planitesimal'? I had always thought that referred to an object in orbit around the Sun that wasn't one of the 9 commonly accepted as 'planets'. Personally, speaking from a planeto-centrist view, I'd say that the next rock we find in orbit has to be at least the size of Mars before

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Art, please delete either I or Steve Arnold (Chicago) from this list. I will gladly be the "sacrificial lamb" in this case. I haven't missed a Tucson show in 8 years, but I think I'll be skipping it from now on in the futurethanks to SSteve. I have no desire to associate with this pe

Re: [meteorite-list] Defining 'Planet': Newfound World Forces Action

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:42:55 -0700 (PDT), Francis Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > >> > A planet is a body that directly orbits a star, is >> large enough to be >> > round because of self gravity, and is not so large >> that it triggers >> > nuclear fusion in its interior. >> > > > Thi

Re: [meteorite-list] Defining 'Planet': Newfound World Forces Action

> > > > A planet is a body that directly orbits a star, is > large enough to be > > round because of self gravity, and is not so large > that it triggers > > nuclear fusion in its interior. > > This is a very sensible definition. We should have no aversion to calling Pluto, Xena, Sedna and Qu

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:06:31 -0600, "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No, but it has been for the best part of the last century. The vast majority >of people now alive don't remember a time before there was a ninth planet. The vast majority of all people now alive couldn't name all nin

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

No, but it has been for the best part of the last century. The vast majority of people now alive don't remember a time before there was a ninth planet. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message -

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2 sea or toe trade/ DF. DNAndrews wrote: GI dunt no wut is rong. So I well post it hair for all uf you. SSteve Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! wrote: Good evening list.This is the 3rd time I have tried to post on yahoogroups for meteorites,and nothing.I wish I new what the pro

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Hi All, "Pluto has not been referred to as a planet for centuries" In response; "Pluto hasn't even been know for a century yet." Well, that would make Chris right, for all the centuries before it's discovery it had not been referred to as a planet. : ) Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< - Origi

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Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Hi John and others, Pluto hasn't even been know for a century yet. Far as I know it has only been recently that the status has been questioned with no real definition yet. --AL Kashuba, Ontario, California wrote: Chris and others, Pluto has not been referred to as a planet for centuries

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Hi Chris and all, I like the word Plutonianites for these larger objects, planets. Maybe PlutoPlanets. --AL Chris Peterson Wrote: I say come up with a new word. (for planets) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com htt

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Geeze all, I think I was taught in school (and through college lately even) that we had nine planets and Pluto was one of them Where do you quote this "not for centuries" philosophy, not from the general public. Dave F. Kashuba, Ontario, California wrote: Chris and others, Pluto has not

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Chris and others, Pluto has not been referred to as a planet for centuries . John Kashuba Ontario, California - Original Message - From: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Not at all. There is a difference between the public misusing something that already has a formal definition (meteor), and the scientific establishment adopting a new definition for a word that has been used in a certain way for centuries (planet)- a definition at odds with how the word is now u

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

Hola all the way Darren! Jerry PS I liked the Stern's definition in Ron Blaake's post. Three unremarkable features. "Round" In it's "own" orbit of a star Without nuclear fireworks[brown dwarfism ok?] - Original Message - From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dawn & Gerald Flaher

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"If adopted, the wording would bring our solar system tally" And therefore closer to reality and the scientific pursuit of objects within and outside the solar system at a level to challenge our current technology driving it toward further refinement? Jerry - Original Message - From:

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:47:39 -0400, "Dawn & Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >A thought provoking concept Darren. >Analagous to seventeenth century religiousity which refused to accept the >Copernican revolutionary thought? >Kinda "don't rock the boat cause its too damned complicated a

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Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

A thought provoking concept Darren. Analagous to seventeenth century religiousity which refused to accept the Copernican revolutionary thought? Kinda "don't rock the boat cause its too damned complicated and might cause a 'panic' for joe sixpac"[that's me by the way before my doctor screwed that up

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Hola Tracy & Norm, Thanks to both of you for the warmhearted comments, public or not, as well as for the charming addition to my vocabulary! There were 4.5 billion-year old rocks on the table, of that photo, I'd like to point out. Probably the best wildlife in addition to our own scrumptiou