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Bozos of Bones · 08-25-2006, 06:56 AM

They made this oh-so-complicated definition of a planet, that is pretty stupid if you ask me. By the definition, Earth, Saturn and Jupiter would also not be planets. They are taking it under further revisement, last I heard.
First they wanted to make it 12, then they saw that the 3 they wanted in (Xena, Sedna and Quaoar) were no different from a few other bodies in the solar system, by definition(Ceres, Charon, Orcus, Varuna etc.), and pretty soon, we'd have a solar system of 200 planets. Making the word "Planet" worthless.

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08-25-2006, 06:56 AM	#4
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 38 Posts: 4,679	They made this oh-so-complicated definition of a planet, that is pretty stupid if you ask me. By the definition, Earth, Saturn and Jupiter would also not be planets. They are taking it under further revisement, last I heard. First they wanted to make it 12, then they saw that the 3 they wanted in (Xena, Sedna and Quaoar) were no different from a few other bodies in the solar system, by definition(Ceres, Charon, Orcus, Varuna etc.), and pretty soon, we'd have a solar system of 200 planets. Making the word "Planet" worthless. [ 08-25-2006, 06:57 AM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ] __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!