ASTRO: Defining 'planet' wasRe: [extropy-chat] The list is notdead...

[nvitamore at austin.rr.com]

From:  mail at harveynewstrom.com

"We should describe objects based on their characteristics.  I 
would prefer a system like this: 

X-rayballs: Quasars, Blackholes, etc.
Neutronballs: Neutron stars, collapsed stars, etc.
Lightballs:  Sun, stars, etc.
Heatballs: Brown Dwarfs, Jupiter, Saturn?, etc.
Gasballs: Uranus, Neptune, etc.
Dirtballs: Earth, Ganymede, Luna, Ceres, etc.
Iceballs: Pluto, Charon, 2003UB313, 2003EL61, Sedna, Varuna, Quaoar etc.
Nonballs(fragments): Irregularly shaped moons, asteroids, fragments, debris"

Nice.  :-)  

Natasha


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