[meteorite-list] WHAT IS A PLANET?
Darren Garrison
cynapse at charter.net
Sun Jul 31 11:14:33 EDT 2005
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:34:50 +0200, "Martin Altmann" <Altmann at Meteorite-Martin.de> wrote:
>In Norse mythology we have the three giants of rime.
I think that you are looking for the word "ice", not "rime".
>Those names are not acceptable. Poor Snorri, poor Icelanders - the Sagas and
>the Edda still have a Wagner&Nazi smell
>and are allowed only as poor copies in miserable fantasy literature &
>computer role-playing games.
>Bad luck.
And that's WAY out of left feild! Some of our days of the week are named after Norse gods. Anyway,
you forgot "Ymir", which would be a good name for the largest KBO
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/y/ymir.html
Personally, I'm of the opinion that NO KBOs should be called planets, including Pluto.
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