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#285926 - 24/08/2006 12:16 Pluto gets demoted.
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	Now it is no longer a planet, but just another Kuiper Belt object... CNN link : BBC link
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#285927 - 24/08/2006 12:18 Re: Pluto gets demoted. [Re: pgrzelak]
tahir pooh-bah Registered: 27/02/2004 Posts: 1900 Loc: London	I've always preferred Goofy myself.
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#285928 - 25/08/2006 23:40 Re: Pluto gets demoted. [Re: pgrzelak]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	A sad sad day. Pluto will remain forever in my heart as the 9th planet. Here they were trying to add Planet X and they wound up getting Planet Ex-. Wikipedia entry The consequences of them keeping Pluto, though, would be pretty grave. In no time, the solar system would end up like the .com domain name space. _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#285929 - 26/08/2006 07:40 Re: Pluto gets demoted. [Re: FireFox31]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4174 Loc: Cambridge, England	Backlash begins. Either way it looks like a fertile source of trivia questions: Q. When was Pluto not the outermost planet? A. c.2000BC-1930AD (ignorance) 1979-1999 (orbital dynamics) 2006-2008 (politics). Peter
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#285930 - 28/08/2006 10:41 Re: Pluto gets demoted. [Re: FireFox31]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12318 Loc: Sterling, VA	Quote: The consequences of them keeping Pluto, though, would be pretty grave. In no time, the solar system would end up like the .com domain name space. But think of the consequences now! Kids will have to think up entirely new mnemonics! _________________________ Matt
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#285931 - 28/08/2006 16:53 Re: Pluto gets demoted. [Re: Dignan]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31578 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: But think of the consequences now! Kids will have to think up entirely new mnemonics! Have a look at "Exper-teasers: Pluto" on this page. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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