Re: [GZG] No more pizzas!

["Eric Foley" <stiltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, unless the press has grossly misquoted the wording of the 
definition, Earth and Jupiter aren't planets either.  The plank of it that 
demoted Pluto is, they have to "clear the neighborhood of space around their 
orbit" to be a full planet.

If that's the definition, even _Jupiter_ isn't a planet.  What's the count 
on trojan asteroids sharing its orbit now, fifty thousand?  You heard it 
here first, folks, Jupiter has been redefined as a "dwarf planet".  Awesome 
stuff.

(I really hope that SPACE.com and the regular media have left something 
critical out as to what "clearing the neighborhood" means, because my 
understanding is that at least four of the eight "planets" left behind share 
their orbits with numerous asteroids.  So I'm not sure at all what about 
that is supposed to apply to Pluto and not Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and 
Neptune.)

E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Evans" <devans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:35 AM
Subject: [GZG] No more pizzas!


> It's official, Pluto is a 'dwarf planet', and no longer a planet. Dozens 
> of
> mnemonics must be re-written.
>
> US public radio reports that Pluto is unavailable for comment; I'm more
> concerned about the owners of www.nineplanes.org...
>
> The_Beast
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