[meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'

[Larry Lebofsky]

Size challenged.

Pluto envy

or

planet envy

Larry



Quoting Mark <mam602 at cox.net>:

> Too Small To be Counted....
> 
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> To: "'MexicoDoug'" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>; 
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:15 PM
> Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers 
> ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'
> 
> 
> > Bah the solar system is in ruin!
> >
> > "dwarf planet" is incommensurate with the use of words in publication in
> > countries, which obey "Political Correctness".
> > I'm not a native speaker, so help me to find the right term.
> >
> > orbitally challenged planet?
> > massively challenged planet?
> > populatedly challenged planet?
> > bureaucratically challenged planet?
> >
> > Buckleboo!
> > Martin
> > http://www.dwarfism.org/
> >
> >
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Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky
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