[AZ-Observing] Re: what about the song?

  • From: Stan Gorodenski <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:21:10 -0700

Could 'runt' be considered a synonmym of 'dwarf' in regards to planets? 
Is this allowable under the IAU rule? :-)
Stan

Jimmy Ray wrote:

>I just come down from Lowell and "nachos" was the line I heard there. They
>are hanging on to the fact that it is a "Dwarf" planet and there didn't seem
>to be any immediate plans to tear down the "Pluto" telescope, nor chisel the
>Pluto brass plates out of the concrete of the solar system walk. I did buy a
>now collectors item Lowell planet Pluto tee shirt and pick up a copy of Dr.
>Seuss's "There no place like space" so I can show my grand kids, there was a
>day when Pluto was more than a dwarf planet. I also stopped by Percival's
>mausoleum. I didn't hear any faint whirring sounds of him turning over So I
>guess he's a peace with it...
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