L. Marcus Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Ooo! Suspense, it is the killing of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Aha! Now we know L. Marcus' weakness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 So far, every one of my colleagues who are at the office today have stopped in for 20-30 minutes to talk about Pluto. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 How's the status of the planetary status re. P-Ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 It's a dwarf planet, not a full planet. The 2005 definition is clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Consistency! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well, it was one of a couple of cases which were instrumental in creating the 2005 definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I thought I heard something about Pluto being allowed back up in the higher division again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Nope. Not that I've heard. Now, the IAU is meeting in Hawaii within a month, so other stuff may happen, but I'd be surprised if that was part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 New Horizons has definitely reignited the definition flame wars on some other internets I read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well, tell them the IAU is meeting near you soon if they want to assemble a torches-and-pitchforks mob and go after those b*****ds who are directly responsible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I blame Tyson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I blame him for a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Which Tyson are we talking about here? Neil, Tony, Mike, or the food conglomerate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 NdG Tyson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Yay, got it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Neil is an explainer, not an advocate, in this situation. I would have to do research to tell you who was the most persuasive advocate for the definition change; I genuinely don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 He voted for Pluto's demotion, didn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I don't know if he's an IAU member. I am not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, tell them the IAU is meeting near you soon if they want to assemble a torches-and-pitchforks mob and go after those b*****ds who are directly responsible. I could hook them up with the 30MT protesters, that would be interesting. But I don't have a problem with the classification change. No one complained the last time planets were demoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 CONTACT WITH THE SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED. You may now massage your hands and restore blood flow to your knuckles. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 CONTACT WITH THE SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED. You may now massage your hands and restore blood flow to your knuckles. Or I can continue eating chocolate and drinking coffee. Like always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Philistine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Or perhaps I have given up on worrying about things I have no control over. If it re-established contact and sends us neat pics and data - great. If it doesn't, well, not much that my worrying will do to change that. So if my actions don't impact the results of a situation, chocolate and coffee at least impact MY situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 That's reasonable. Since I teach planetary astronomy on a regular basis, I'm a bit more ... personally invested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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