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According to the IAU, a body can be considered a planet if it orbits the Sun, is large enough to be made round by its own gravity, and has cleared the area around it of smaller cosmic objects.
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So... ok... since Jupiter hasn't cleared out all the objects in the asteroid belt, nor eliminated it's ring (as small as it is in comparison), that means it and Neptune and Saturn don't qualify yet...
:)
hmmmm....
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Jupiter doesn't orbit in the asteroid belt, and in all three cases, the centre of gravity for each individual pair of bodies (i.e. each object in the rings and the gas giant, or each moon and the gas giant) is within the mass of the gas giant, so it counts as not being in the same orbit. That's also why, as croxis mentioned, in a few billion years the Earth will no longer be a planet by this definition: the Moon is gradually receeding from the Earth and eventually the centre of gravity for this little system will be between the Earth and the Moon, meaning they will be considered to be in the same orbit around the Sun.
I'm sure someone else has already thought of this, but i thought i'd share it anyway, cause it made me laugh when i thought of it..
the idea is for a new Public Service Annoucement on TV to save Pluto.
The PSA opens with darkness. then you see the 8 planets illuminate in the darkness, the camera pans down and we see a man sitting at a desk, and another man shackeled to a bar above his head, the man at the desk asks the man how many planets he sees, Patrick Stweart (of course being the man shackeled to the bar) looks up and yells... "THERE......ARE......NINE......PLANETS!"
I was thinking more about the B5 episode called "Intersections in Real Time" where Sheridan is physically and psychologically tortured by Clark's forces in an attempt to make him publicly repent of his disloyal actions.
yes but then it would be more about poisoned sandwiches rather than planets.
that is one of my favorite episodes BTW...
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
You know, you don't have to quote someone if their reply is right above yours, and the reply button is not only directly below the quote button but a lot bigger so you can't claim that the quote one is easier to hit. :p
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
[B]You know, you don't have to quote someone if their reply is right above yours, and the reply button is not only directly below the quote button but a lot bigger so you can't claim that the quote one is easier to hit. :p [/B][/QUOTE]
quote button? what quote button? i see no quote button...
So if the moon is made of cheese, is pluto made of flarn? And if it were indeed made of flarn, yet we decided to clasify it as spoo, would we still be having this discussion?
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vorlons in my Head [/i]
[B]So if the moon is made of cheese, is pluto made of flarn? And if it were indeed made of flarn, yet we decided to clasify it as spoo, would we still be having this discussion? [/B][/QUOTE]
WHAT ABOUT THE SWEDISH MEATBALLS!!!!!!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!
This concludes your Warleader moment for the day...
Jake
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Entil'Zha [/i]
[B]That's not for real, is it? i mean come on. how does Pluto not being a planet have anything to do with the California government? [/B][/QUOTE]
You did read it and note the not-so-serious tone, right?
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According to the IAU, a body can be considered a planet if it orbits the Sun, is large enough to be made round by its own gravity, and has cleared the area around it of smaller cosmic objects.
[/QUOTE]
So... ok... since Jupiter hasn't cleared out all the objects in the asteroid belt, nor eliminated it's ring (as small as it is in comparison), that means it and Neptune and Saturn don't qualify yet...
:)
hmmmm....
the idea is for a new Public Service Annoucement on TV to save Pluto.
The PSA opens with darkness. then you see the 8 planets illuminate in the darkness, the camera pans down and we see a man sitting at a desk, and another man shackeled to a bar above his head, the man at the desk asks the man how many planets he sees, Patrick Stweart (of course being the man shackeled to the bar) looks up and yells... "THERE......ARE......NINE......PLANETS!"
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"Cooperation will be rewarded, resistance will be punished, do you understand?"
yes but then it would be more about poisoned sandwiches rather than planets.
that is one of my favorite episodes BTW...
[B]You know, you don't have to quote someone if their reply is right above yours, and the reply button is not only directly below the quote button but a lot bigger so you can't claim that the quote one is easier to hit. :p [/B][/QUOTE]
quote button? what quote button? i see no quote button...
:p
[B]So if the moon is made of cheese, is pluto made of flarn? And if it were indeed made of flarn, yet we decided to clasify it as spoo, would we still be having this discussion? [/B][/QUOTE]
WHAT ABOUT THE SWEDISH MEATBALLS!!!!!!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!
This concludes your Warleader moment for the day...
Jake
[B]That's not for real, is it? i mean come on. how does Pluto not being a planet have anything to do with the California government? [/B][/QUOTE]
You did read it and note the not-so-serious tone, right?
[B]You did read it and note the not-so-serious tone, right? [/B][/QUOTE]
It isn't really that hard to believe that someone would send something like that in though.