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This is just so exciting. I had to share.

I remember that guy...

Date: 2005-07-31 03:40 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Chad Trujillo, I mean. Didn't he live at TEP and go to high school with your husband's chicagoan pledge sib?

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)
From: [identity profile] astra-nomer.livejournal.com
Not familiar with Chad.

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)
From: [identity profile] kirisutogomen.livejournal.com
I'm in favor of demoting Pluto myself. Don't let [livejournal.com profile] mjperson hear you say that. He's irritated enough already about the timing of the announcement of this UB313 thingy.

Sociology of Astronomy

Date: 2005-08-01 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] astra-nomer.livejournal.com
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.

Re: Sociology of Astronomy

Date: 2005-08-02 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kirisutogomen.livejournal.com
There's some more interesting sociology going on for [livejournal.com profile] mjperson, too. I won't repeat it here; if he feels like clarifying, that's his job.

Date: 2005-08-09 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] outerjenise.livejournal.com
Wow, that's incredible! Thanks for sharing it with us.

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