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Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: yuQ yuQHom joq
• Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:04:00 -0500
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naHQun:
>Hut yuQmey ghajbe'choH Hovtay'maj
>yuQ 'oHtaHbe' *Pluto'e'
>yuQHom 'oHchoH

Anybody care to take a stab at translating the new International 
Astronomical Union (IAU) definition for a planet:

    a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient
    mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that
    it assumes a [...] nearly round shape, and has cleared the neigh-
    borhood around its orbit.

This excludes Pluto because it's eccentric orbit overlaps with 
Neptune's.  Instead, it will be reclassified in a new category of "dwarf 
planets," similar to what long have been termed "minor planets." The IAU 
also laid out a third class of lesser objects that orbit the sun­"small 
solar system bodies," a term that will apply to numerous asteroids, comets 
and other natural satellites. (Associated Press, 8/25/06)



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