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

[Chris Peterson]

However, when the word is very common, and the scientific definition is 
a new one, I think it is wiser not to overload the older word. In this 
case, there was no need.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Lebofsky" <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12


There is nothing wrong with having a scientific definition for an 
otherwise
common word.