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RIP PLUTO

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:58 pm
by bandit
It was nice while itlasted

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:01 pm
by marduk
oh no
sitchin will have to rename his book
what a tragedy
why didnt the annunaki know this
hehehe

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:05 pm
by bandit
now the kids are gonna have to recite:

Man Very Early Made Jars So Used Nothing

I shudder to think what interplanetary Janet is gonna go..

School House Rock just lost one :cry:

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:48 pm
by Guest
what really is the motivation behind such a move? what does it really prove? pluto has an orbit that is constant so what is the problem? mercury is tiny also, should we eliminate that one from planet status?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:06 am
by Beagle
Arch - Plutos' orbit intersects the orbit of Neptune. That is outside the definition of a planet. The article that I posted earlier in Cool Links explains that I think.

That's where Michelle has asked us to post links that are not Archaeology related.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:08 am
by Essan
The problem with Pluto is that it orbits in a region of space along with possibly hundreds of similar sized objects - we've already found one (Xena) which is larger.

Easier to say that they're all 'dwarf planets' than argue over which of the other Kuiper Belt Objects are planets and which are not.

Also means no-one needs to worte another half dozen movements to Holzt's 'Planets Suite' (though I was looking forward to hearing 'Xena - the bringer of kick ass action ... :lol: )

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:01 am
by Starflower
And here I thought they did it so they wouldn't have to name a planet Xena. Guess I have to revise my opinion of them after all. :lol:

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:05 pm
by stan
While they were at it, why didn't they do something worthwhile, like
giving UR-ANUS another name? :roll:

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:27 pm
by Guest
Arch - Plutos' orbit intersects the orbit of Neptune. That is outside the definition of a planet. The article that I posted earlier in Cool Links explains that I think.
haven't checked that thread much but my knowledgeof astronomy is similar tomarine archaeology so my questions may be elementery here.

i guess i don't see why we need to fiddle with smething that really has no bearing on life. whether pluto is a planet or not doesn't really change or affect what we do here.

so i guess i don't take it as such a big deal.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:31 pm
by Beagle
whether pluto is a planet or not doesn't really change or affect what we do here.
Are you kidding? Millions of people have had their horoscope messed up.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:06 pm
by Guest
Are you kidding? Millions of people have had their horoscope messed up.
are you being serious? i do not believe in horror scopes so i would not consider them in what i was saying-- sorry.

still how will that affect people's lives? except to point out the fallacyof such a belief.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:34 pm
by Beagle
That was a joke Arch.