[_] [OT] That darn Pluto no longer planet
Andy Davies
dajdavies at gmail.com
Thu Aug 24 17:21:39 BST 2006
On 24/08/06, Oliver Humpage <oliver at watershed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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.
IAU, should have been a bit more careful how I phrased the original...
Does it really matter that much whether Pluto's a planet or not? and did it
really require a jolly to Prague to decide?
Andy
>
> 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.
IAU, should have been a bit more careful how I phrased the original...
Does it really matter that much whether Pluto's a planet or not? and did it
really require a jolly to Prague to decide?
Andy