[_] [OT] That darn Pluto no longer planet
Oliver Humpage
oliver at watershed.co.uk
Thu Aug 24 17:15:51 BST 2006
on 24/8/06 5:10 pm, Andy Davies at dajdavies at gmail.com wrote:
> Some people have way to much time on their hands
Me, or the IAU? :)
> - why does it matter whether Pluto's a planet or not?
Actually, if you don't care much for astronomy, it's probably a good thing:
if the original proposal had gone through, there'd have been a new planet
announced on the news pretty much every week from now on...
I, however, do care for astronomy, and thought a few others round here might
too. I've ammended the subject line accordingly.
Oliver.
> Some people have way to much time on their hands
Me, or the IAU? :)
> - why does it matter whether Pluto's a planet or not?
Actually, if you don't care much for astronomy, it's probably a good thing:
if the original proposal had gone through, there'd have been a new planet
announced on the news pretty much every week from now on...
I, however, do care for astronomy, and thought a few others round here might
too. I've ammended the subject line accordingly.
Oliver.