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| And Then There Were Twelve. Planets that is... |
| 2006-08-16 |
| Posted by:DanNY |
| #10 Where are we going? PLANET TEN! When are we going? REAL SOON! |
| Posted by: Red lectroids 2006-08-16 19:21 |
| #9 is Jupiter a 'failed' star No, failed is a very harsh word. Jupiter has changed its life course and will be a success in it's new endeavor. Olde Fat Planet held back. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-16 18:28 |
| #8 Classes of planets : Failed Star : Jupiter Ringy Thingy : Saturn Caddywhumpus : Uranus Blue Gas : Neptune Blue Water turning Green : Earth Hot Sucker Under Pressure : Venus Little Red Planet - Little Green Men : Mars Hot Sucker Under No Pressure : Mercury Special Planet with a Mini-Me : Pluto and Charon Superhero Planet with Unacceptable Name : 2003-UB313 (Xena) Biggest amongst a Buncha Rox : Ceres All them other faraway Goodies : Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, etc... Now, no one is offended. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-08-16 15:26 |
| #7 There ought to be a law: Celestial bodies shall not be named after television characters. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-08-16 15:16 |
| #6 Planet Xena? Given the lifestyle demographic of the Xena: Warrior Princess fanbase, I don't wanna go there. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-16 12:19 |
| #5 I would suggest we name a planet after our famous environmental guru, Al Gore, but Uranus is already taken. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-08-16 11:18 |
| #4 The first commenter to the linked article is right: the number of planets is four terrestrial planets, four jovian planets, and a bunch of asteroids. Pluto never should have been a planet in the first place and having Charon doesn't make it one. We'll have none of these nouveau riche planets, please. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-08-16 10:32 |
| #3 So... as noted in the article, is Jupiter a 'failed' star and if so, are it's moons really 'planets'? |
| Posted by: Hupoth Throling8981 2006-08-16 09:34 |
| #2 It's a conspiracy plot. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-16 09:22 |
| #1 I don't care what the tenth planet ends up being, I still say they should name it Mondas . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2006-08-16 08:43 |