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12 planets in our solar system?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Ottomaton, Aug 16, 2006.

  1. Mori

    Mori Member

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    Exactly. But I think any good criteria that would exclude Pluto as a planet (eccentricty, orbital inclination, etc.) wouldn't be logical due to the nature of planets we've found orbiting other stars. If there can be large gas giants with strange orbits in other solar systems, then it wouldn't be logical to exclude Pluto as a planet based on its strange orbit. Besides, having Pluto and Charon as a double planet is just too cool. (which is what they really are since they both orbit an external barycenter/point in space)
     
  2. Behad

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    My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas.


    How are the kids supposed to learn the planet names now?
     
  3. Mori

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    My very energetic mother could just sell us nine purple, costly xylophones*



    * Pending the real name for "Xena" and Sedna's and other objects planetary status. :p
     
  4. Yonkers

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    Man, with this many planets the stoners will be sober by the end of their Pink Floyd Planetarium light shows. :D
     
  5. ClutchCityReturns

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    We have? :confused:

    The Earth circles around the sun, not the other way around.
     
  6. qwerty

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    Calm down Copernicus, methinks he's joking. No one's gonna get burned at the stake over what revolves around what. ;)
     
  7. Yonkers

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    Do you happen to be a Psychology major? ;)
     
  8. qwerty

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    As long as we're talking about heavenly bodies...

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    ..Now if you'll excuse me, I have to try to find a way to get Jessica Alba into other threads in the Hangout.

    :D
     
  9. francis 4 prez

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    that's because kids are so soft today.
     
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    "They're headed straight for the Sun."

    "The Sun? What is it?"

    "It's a large firey ball at the centre of the Solar System - but that's not important now."
     

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