[meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

[Chris Peterson]

Well, I teach space science at our local school, and we'll continue to 
teach that there are nine planets- because the weight of that word is 
historical, not technical. We'll also discuss all the other sorts of 
bodies that make up the Solar System. The traditional mnemonics will 
continue to serve well.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12


You know, I've seen so many articles on this over the past few months 
crying out
"but what about the children!", about how children just LOVE calling 
Pluto a
planet and how textbooks and museum displays will have to be changed.

Well, won't those poor little buggers be suprised if they suddenly have 
to come
up with a mnemonic for 12 of them!