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24 Aug 2006, 15:41
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Vermin Supreme
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Pluto :(
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html
has been voted out of planethood. I'm not terribly well-informed on the topic, so if someone sees something needing correcting, feel free.
But apparently the problem with pluto was that "...its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's", in contradiction with the newly-voted in planetary definition:
"a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit".
An earlier definition that had been proposed was based simply on whether or not the object had enough gravity to make itself into a sphere. I thought that was pretty good.
Anyway, changes in arbitrary taxonomies annoy me. Is there any upside to this at all? I see a lot of downside, not the least of which being the massive quantity of money wasted on the debate as well as the principle of that body getting control over the english language.
yeah.
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24 Aug 2006, 15:45
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Bored
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Re: Pluto :(
I thought the main reason was that it was only 2000km in diameter and there were bigger ones than that orbitting a bit further out. So it was either include about 10 more planets into the solar system or get rid of one...
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24 Aug 2006, 15:51
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For Crowly <3
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Re: Pluto :(
I feel sorry for the people who have gone out and bought science text books for this coming September.
Oh well, I'll get over that.
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24 Aug 2006, 15:55
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Re: Pluto :(
apparently during the deliberations mercury got into uranus and poisoned everything, venus and mars couldn't see eye to eye, jupiter saturn neptune to make it vote how it wanted and earth just changed the rules to suit itself.
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24 Aug 2006, 16:12
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Re: Pluto :(
im so proud of that its unreal
edit
and i remain proud despite neg reps so fuku
Last edited by milo; 24 Aug 2006 at 22:40.
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24 Aug 2006, 16:13
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Victim of Marriage
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Re: Pluto :(
I wouldn't be if I were you. I give it a 2 on the almost made me laugh scale.
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24 Aug 2006, 16:52
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Re: Pluto :(
I don't see what it achieves, astronomers are just trying to justify getting paid.
They just wank each other off most of the time.
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24 Aug 2006, 17:14
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I see you!
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Re: Pluto :(
If Pluto isn't a planet, then what is it?
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24 Aug 2006, 17:25
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Poblacht na hÉireann
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Re: Pluto :(
It's a "dwarf planet."
Seriously.
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24 Aug 2006, 17:53
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
That plan proved highly unpopular, splitting astronomers into factions and triggering days of sometimes combative debate that led to Pluto's undoing.
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What kind of arguments could they have had in those 'days of combative debate'
"Pluto shouldn't be a planet, its too small"
"Call the carepolice"
"stfu noob"
"Atleast i'm not the one trying to make dwarf planets"
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He had argued that Pluto and similar bodies didn't deserve planet status, saying that would "take the magic out of the solar system."
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"If Pluto stays a planet its gonna steal the magic out of our solar system!"
Touché
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The decision by the prestigious international group spells out the basic tests that celestial objects will have to meet before they can be considered for admission to the elite cosmic club.
For now, membership will be restricted to the eight "classical" planets
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"Dwarfs can't be a member of our Elite Cosmic Club lol"
Quote:
It could be argued that we are creating an umbrella called 'planet' under which the dwarf planets exist," she said, drawing laughter by waving a stuffed Pluto of Walt Disney fame beneath a real umbrella.
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"Let's tell the press what we've decided"
"lol can I do it? I just thought of a good joke"
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24 Aug 2006, 21:53
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Caveat Lector
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Re: Pluto :(
Oh well.
Let's at least take advantage of the situation while we can and bug people who don't know about it yet:
'Hey how many planets are there in the solar system?"'
'nine'
'hahaha, you dummy, you don't even know how many planets there are in the solar system!'
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24 Aug 2006, 22:06
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Dirte
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Re: Pluto :(
I saw a astronomer on television today that was almost crying.
For ****s sake, who cares?
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24 Aug 2006, 22:45
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Re: Pluto :(
iirc they were planning to send a probe to pluto, it was mentioned after the recent cassini mission, so they could get all planets covered. The people who based their careers on that or who had funding dependant on that may now be pwned.
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24 Aug 2006, 22:49
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by milo
iirc they were planning to send a probe to pluto, it was mentioned after the recent cassini mission, so they could get all planets covered. The people who based their careers on that or who had funding dependant on that may now be pwned.
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First probe to visit a 'dwarf planet' ftw though...
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25 Aug 2006, 00:03
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Caveat Lector
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by milo
iirc they were planning to send a probe to pluto, it was mentioned after the recent cassini mission, so they could get all planets covered. The people who based their careers on that or who had funding dependant on that may now be pwned.
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I worked as a volunteer at the Mauna Kea observatory when I lived in Hawai'i. People would wait years on getting some time on one of those telescopes. They would spend years doing research, getting everything prepared, doing mathematical models, etc, and then after all that, they would get a certain amount of hours and some cloud cover would come in and destroy the little time they had and their career.
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25 Aug 2006, 00:35
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by milo
iirc they were planning to send a probe to pluto, it was mentioned after the recent cassini mission, so they could get all planets covered. The people who based their careers on that or who had funding dependant on that may now be pwned.
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Too late; the probe is already on the way.
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25 Aug 2006, 01:53
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Raaaaaaaah!
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Re: Pluto :(
Uncle Noel is saved from My Very Evil Mother, hooray !
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25 Aug 2006, 08:45
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Re: Pluto :(
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Too late; the probe is already on the way.
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though thats just a fly by they were planning a full stay in orbit mapping thing
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Originally Posted by s|k
I worked as a volunteer at the Mauna Kea observatory when I lived in Hawai'i. People would wait years on getting some time on one of those telescopes. They would spend years doing research, getting everything prepared, doing mathematical models, etc, and then after all that, they would get a certain amount of hours and some cloud cover would come in and destroy the little time they had and their career.
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did they throw themselves off the mountain? i was watching the sky at night and apparently pro-am astronomers now have off the shelf equipment that lets them equal the work that was done in the late 80s early 90s!
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25 Aug 2006, 13:19
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[TGV] Wots It
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by milo
iirc they were planning to send a probe to pluto, it was mentioned after the recent cassini mission, so they could get all planets covered.
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New Horizons, the NASA spacecraft bound for Pluto & the Kuiper Belt was launched in January...mission website is http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ ... it's expected to arrive mid-July 2015
notsure
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25 Aug 2006, 15:55
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Re: Pluto :(
notsure you read the thread.
badammmbooosh
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25 Aug 2006, 16:52
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Caveat Lector
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Re: Pluto :(
Quote:
Originally Posted by milo
pro-am astronomers now have off the shelf equipment that lets them equal the work that was done in the late 80s early 90s!
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No. There is no off the shelf equipment that is going to capture light like a large sized optical telescope 4,000 meters above sea level.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/telescope_table.htm
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