I'm guessing the KBO/planet distinction just got that much muddier. Yeah, isn't it great?? I'm in favor of demoting Pluto myself. Except it's the one planet besides Earth that DS1 consistently remembers...
I'm in favor of demoting Pluto myself. Don't let mjperson hear you say that. He's irritated enough already about the timing of the announcement of this UB313 thingy.
There's some interesting Sociology of Astronomers going on with the anouncement. The announcement of EL61 basically forced these guys to announce UB313.
The other interesting tidbit is that this group headed by Mike Brown had code named these objects "Santa Claus," "Easter Bunny," and "Xena," which one could find out by looking at their proposals for time on the Hubble Space Telescope. We had a field day here at work Friday afternoon speculating on the nature of those objects.
I remember that guy...
Date: 2005-07-31 03:40 am (UTC)I'm guessing the KBO/planet distinction just got that much muddier. Pluto's orbit is also inclined, right (though nowhere near that much)?
-JWM
Re: I remember that guy...
Date: 2005-08-01 02:20 pm (UTC)I'm guessing the KBO/planet distinction just got that much muddier.
Yeah, isn't it great?? I'm in favor of demoting Pluto myself. Except it's the one planet besides Earth that DS1 consistently remembers...
Re: I remember that guy...
Date: 2005-08-01 04:10 pm (UTC)Sociology of Astronomy
Date: 2005-08-01 04:19 pm (UTC)The other interesting tidbit is that this group headed by Mike Brown had code named these objects "Santa Claus," "Easter Bunny," and "Xena," which one could find out by looking at their proposals for time on the Hubble Space Telescope. We had a field day here at work Friday afternoon speculating on the nature of those objects.
Re: Sociology of Astronomy
Date: 2005-08-02 01:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-09 03:10 am (UTC)