[extropy-chat] SPACE: How many planets?

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Brent Neal <brentn at freeshell.org> wrote:
>  (3/22/04 5:12) Robert J. Bradbury <bradbury at aeiveos.com> wrote:
> 
> >Space Daily has an interesting article this morning on how
> >to settle the is it or isn't it a planet debate (I'll spoil
> >the article to some extent by providing a summary -- if it
> >has enough gravity to round itself but not enough to start
> >nuclear fusion its a planet).
> >
> 
> This is new take on the debate I read. I think he leaves out some
> interesting physical criteria that could be used in combination with
> others, but the "roundness" one that he mentions is one I'd not seen
> before. Of course, when it comes down to it, the final solution will
> be 'political' in some sense, since the IAU will pick the rules to
> create the outcome they find desirable. :)

Actually, roundness was the primary criteria I had stated here not so
long ago...

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
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