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Silas Marner Power-User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In my house, at the loom. Posts: 215 Good Answers: 3	When #9 becomes 134340 09/14/2006 4:29 PM
	More on the demotion of Pluto from planetary status. What was once the 9th planet of the Solar System is now being referred to as asteroid number 134340 by the Minor Planet Center. Jerks... __________________ The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature . . .
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KasterKid Active Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 14	#1 Re: When #9 becomes 134340 09/14/2006 4:40 PM
	One has to wonder what Disney's take on this is. __________________ No electrons were harmed in the making of this message,(although a few hundred billion were temporally inconvenienced)
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Bayes The Engineer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 5170 Good Answers: 129	#2 Re: When #9 becomes 134340 09/14/2006 5:16 PM
	I'm sorry, I don't recognize the International Astronomical Union as an authoritative organization on the subject of planet qualification. Also, as a consequence of the International Astronomical Union no longer being an authoritative organization, I'm renaming them the "a bunch of random scientists". So I'm sorry to hear that a bunch of random scientists no longer realizes there are 9 planets.
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water buffalo Power-User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia USA Posts: 232 Good Answers: 1	#3 Re: When #9 becomes 134340 09/14/2006 8:58 PM
	Are there other organizations recognized as responsible for classifying planets? I'm still a bit confused by the uproar over the "demotion" of Pluto. It doesn't change any facts about the planet. It's still out there, still orbiting the sun. What would prompt this organization to change it's criteria regarding what does and does not qualify as a planet? __________________ See Bio for signature line........political correctness and insecure people are such a pain-in-the-ass.
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mgaulin The Architect Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GlobalSpec, Troy NY Posts: 393 Good Answers: 5	#4 In reply to #3 Re: When #9 becomes 134340 09/14/2006 9:51 PM
	Maybe they don't want to host a "it's a new planet!" party every time someone names one of the bigger hunks of rock floating around out there. They're nipping that one in the bud! __________________ Mark Gaulin
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