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Originally posted by Rodwy:
I bet I get flamed by a bunch of science buffs when I post this but,

My planets list:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Ceres
6. Jupiter
7. Saturn
8. Uranus
9. Neptune
10. Pluto
11. Orcus
12. 2003 EL61
13. Quaoar
14. 2005 FY9
15. 2003 UB313
16. Sedna

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Originally posted by OneManShort:

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Originally posted by Rodwy:
I bet I get flamed by a bunch of science buffs when I post this but,

My planets list:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Ceres
6. Jupiter
7. Saturn
8. Uranus
9. Neptune
10. Pluto
11. Orcus
12. 2003 EL61
13. Quaoar
14. 2005 FY9
15. 2003 UB313
16. Sedna

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I believe in the traditional 9 planets. It's easy to remember the planets this way and I don't believe the others will really ever be accepted as planets. I wish we could travel out there and actually see what's beyond us, as far as I'm concerned alot of the information about the rest of the universe is nothing short of guesses.

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Originally posted by singate:
Isn't there a probe headed out towards Pluto with the intent of seeing what is actually out there?

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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:

BTW... did you read that there's a planet they discovered 149 light years away from Earth that has 3 suns that they've dubbed Tatooine?

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned."

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Originally posted by Rodwy:
Well 2003 UB313 is just its provisional designation, or temporary name until it has been found to have a reliable orbit and has been given its official name.

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Originally posted by Rodwy:
The IAU (International Astronomical Union) names stars, planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies. They are also responsible for defining what the official classification of a planet is, to be stated sometime this september.

Persephone is Hades wife in Greek mythology, and since UB313 shares a similar orbit to Pluto they will name it after a deity of the underworld.

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Originally posted by Rodwy:

5. Ceres

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Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:

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Originally posted by Rodwy:

5. Ceres

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where's that?

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-try it out, I dare you

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

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Originally posted by Rodwy:
I like where they find the ship and start searching the dna samples or somesuch, I remember something about dolphins.

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Planet Lucas doesn't actually exist, it's just a simple CGI effect (and a quite blatant one, I might add).

Add my name to the "16 or more planets" list. And several moons and moonlets (including the ones mentioned here: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=7&t=21503). Though I prefer the term "planetoid" to "planemo." It just sounds less silly.

And I hate the "temporary designation" thing. Where's the poetry? Where's the art?

"Which one's P3X-496?"
"The one with the waterfalls."
"Then why can't we just call it 'Planet Waterfall?'" --Ford & Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis)

(And, symbolically, Persephone is a flawed name for a planet: Persephone spent half the year [spring/summer] in the world of the living, and half [autumn/winter] in the underworld. Logically, a planet named after her should have an elliptical orbit, regularly passing near the Sun, then returning to the dark, cold abyss.)

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Originally posted by msg:
ok so what makes a planet a planet?? is there a specific mass or something?

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Planet Lucas doesn't actually exist, it's just a simple CGI effect (and a quite blatant one, I might add).

Add my name to the "16 or more planets" list. And several moons and moonlets (including the ones mentioned here: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=7&t=21503). Though I prefer the term "planetoid" to "planemo." It just sounds less silly.

And I hate the "temporary designation" thing. Where's the poetry? Where's the art?

"Which one's P3X-496?"
"The one with the waterfalls."
"Then why can't we just call it 'Planet Waterfall?'" --Ford & Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis)

(And, symbolically, Persephone is a flawed name for a planet: Persephone spent half the year [spring/summer] in the world of the living, and half [autumn/winter] in the underworld. Logically, a planet named after her should have an elliptical orbit, regularly passing near the Sun, then returning to the dark, cold abyss.)

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Shouldn't Phobos and Deimos get honourable mention for having the coolest names? ("Fear" and "Dread")

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
*throws a snark at cybersnark*

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98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

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