Hey. Universe...have 3 more planets.[views:3355][posts:25]___________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:13am - powerkok ""] [img] And let me add, that Uranus is pretty big. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14364833/ |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:16am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] We could use a planet called Charon in our system, I don't know about the other two, those are questionable as planets. That's the thing though, they want to change the definition of planets. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:30am - VoidExpression ""] Isn't Ceres an asteroid? When did it get upgraded? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:33am - the_reverend ""] they are voting to change the definition of a planet to "anything with enough to gravity to become round and orbits the sun." or something like that. there is also a new class of planets called plutons that have a period on over 200 years orbitting the sun, I believe. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:35am - the_reverend ""] I can't wait for romance stories from 2003 UB313. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:38am - Josh_hates_you ""] I like how it says "plan boosts solar system to 12 planets". like saying "hey other solar systems look at us we have 12 planets, we're so cool" who are they trying to impress with their 12 planets? |
| _______________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:40am - Yeti ""] the only thing thats stupid is the name of 2003 UB313. they couldnt give it some cool name? |
| ____________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:43am - jared_the_zompire ""] Yeti said:the only thing thats stupid is the name of 2003 UB313. they couldnt give it some cool name? Someone from Powerman 5000 probably named it... I was readying that they were considering demoting Pluto from being a planet. I wish I got paid to decide which planets leave and which planets stay. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:44am - anonymous ""] well i think the good names ship sailed when they named a planet uranus... dont ya think? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:47am - the_reverend ""] I thought they changed the name of that planet to Urectum? oh wait, that was in 2620. |
| ____________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:49am - jared_the_zompire ""] the_reverend said:I thought they changed the name of that planet to Urectum? oh wait, that was in 2620. Haha yes. :bow: |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:53am - Man_of_the_Century ""] VoidExpression said:Isn't Ceres an asteroid? When did it get upgraded? It was actually down-graded from a planet about 150-200 years ago. They used to call it a planet, then an asteroid, and now they want it to be a planet again. I think its all pointless, pick something and move on. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 10:56am - burnsy ""] in my opinion, if charon is gonna be called a planet, then our moon and every moon should be a planet as well. if my memory serves me correctly, charon is pluto's satellite. sucks for the kids who gotta memorize the planets in science class. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 11:06am - Man_of_the_Century ""] burnsy said:in my opinion, if charon is gonna be called a planet, then our moon and every moon should be a planet as well. if my memory serves me correctly, charon is pluto's satellite. sucks for the kids who gotta memorize the planets in science class. This was the logic behind that choice: "For two or more objects comprising a multiple object system, the primary object is designated a planet if it independently satisfies the conditions above. A secondary object satisfying these conditions is also designated a planet if the system barycentre resides outside the primary. Secondary objects not satisfying these criteria are “satellites”. Under this definition, Pluto’s companion Charon is a planet, making Pluto-Charon a double planet." If you go to http://www.badastronomy.com there is a good write-up that explains a lot of the reasoning behind this whole shindig. Its in his blog, should be right on the main page. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 11:21am - the_reverend ""] Ceres http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28asteroid%29 |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 11:24am - niccolai ""] there are only 2 extra planets there. Charon is Pluto's moon, it's about a fourth the size of pluto or something. It's not an additional planet, it doesn't have it's own orbit around the sun. Many consider it and pluto to be a dual planet. Ceres is in the asteroid belt, where probably a million more planetoids the side of it are located but haven't been found. and UB313 is just past the oort cloud, and in the oort cloud there are probably some more masses bigger and more sphericle. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 2:58pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] UB 313 is now known as XENA:WARRIOR PLANET |
| _______________________________ [Aug 16,2006 3:36pm - eddie ""] burnsy said:in my opinion, if charon is gonna be called a planet, then our moon and every moon should be a planet as well. if my memory serves me correctly, charon is pluto's satellite. sucks for the kids who gotta memorize the planets in science class. they think that charon and pluto revolve around each other, much like a binary star. If that's the case it's not a moon at all. then again what does it matter what you call it. |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 4:50pm - My_Dying_Bride ""] [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 8:43pm - VoidExpression ""] My_Dying_Bride said:[img] Ha, surprisingly not-terrible album. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 16,2006 9:35pm - the_reverend ""] charon and pluto revolve around each other, duh! so does the earth and the moon, the earth and the sun, etc. the difference with the gravitational effect of charon on pluto as opposed to the earth to it's moon is the rotational wobble from charon puts the center of pluto's rotation outside of the planet pluto. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 17,2006 1:59am - sxealex ""] the_reverend said:charon and pluto revolve around each other, duh! so does the earth and the moon, the earth and the sun, etc. the difference with the gravitational effect of charon on pluto as opposed to the earth to it's moon is the rotational wobble from charon puts the center of pluto's rotation outside of the planet pluto. by each other u mean charon around pluto and not pluto around charon right?... or did i miss something in asstronmee |
| ________________________________ [Aug 17,2006 8:40am - xmikex ""] If we're gonna recognize Pluto's moons we might as well recognize... [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 9:58am - the_reverend ""] nope, 8 planets. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/tech/main1931722.shtml |
| __________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 9:59am - litacore ""] poor Pluto. |
| _____________________________________________ [Aug 24,2006 10:21am - Man_of_the_Century ""] Fuck pluto.. All alone back there... Too good to talk to the rest of the planets... YOU GET A JOB! |