tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 31 11:04:26 2006
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Re: yuQ yuQHom joq
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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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons