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Maggy

24-09-2005 23:41

Bid to solve dispute over planets

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Under this scheme, Earth and Venus would be known as terrestrial planets, Saturn and Jupiter as gas giants and Pluto as a Trans-Neptunian planet.

Like I'm going to remember all that... :rolleyes:

AndrewJ

25-09-2005 00:24

Re: Bid to solve dispute over planets

Whats up with simple trekkie Class M etc for planets?

Martin

25-09-2005 01:36

Re: Bid to solve dispute over planets

I just find it amusing they needed a team of experts to resolve this! Shouldn't they just have a certain criteria that makes a planet a planet?

Halcyon

25-09-2005 11:35

Re: Bid to solve dispute over planets

Seeing as we arent going to live on over half of these planets, I cant see why we need to do this.
Lets just leave them how they are.

MetaWraith

25-09-2005 11:50

Re: Bid to solve dispute over planets

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

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Under this scheme, Earth and Venus would be known as terrestrial planets, Saturn and Jupiter as gas giants and Pluto as a Trans-Neptunian planet.

Like I'm going to remember all that... :rolleyes:

Ummmmmm just what would Neptune be known as?

Why cant they just be known as Balls of Rock, after all isnt Earth the 3rd Rock From The Sun. :)

patrickp

25-09-2005 13:16

Re: Bid to solve dispute over planets

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Originally Posted by MetaWraith

Ummmmmm just what would Neptune be known as?

Why cant they just be known as Balls of Rock, after all isnt Earth the 3rd Rock From The Sun. :)

Not to mention Mercury, Mars or Uranus?

However, they may not all be balls of rock. The gas giants may not have rocky cores at all. ;-)

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