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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:31 PM Original message |
Scientists: New 'planet' bigger than Pluto |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are either 8 planets or more than 10 planets |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Not to start a flame war, but my opinion is that it's all semantics. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. it's a social and not a scientific class--like "fruit" and "vegetable" |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. a planet should be judged on its gravity! |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Isn't gravity a function of mass? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And also proportional to the inverse of the radius squared. Therefore... |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. So technically speaking, |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just helped my 4th grader with a report on this and thought it was |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. that's exciting. |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. they should name it rupert |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. OK, you scientific types: |
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Blackthorn (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I am not at all familar with Vedic astronomy... |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well, |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Wow, thanks so much |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Here's some more mystery planet fun :-) |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Very nice website, thanks. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bullshit. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. This line really gets old after the first 600,000,000 times... (n/t) |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. Time to party, the earth has a new sibling! |
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