ASTRO: Defining 'planet' wasRe: [extropy-chat] The list is not dead...

[The Avantguardian]

--- david <deimtee at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> > 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
> > -- 
> 
> one suggested change :
> 
> Oddballs : Irregularly shaped moons, asteroids,
> fragments, debris

Well since we are bringing up silly changes, how about
we call water worlds like Earth and Europa Blueballs?

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Stuart LaForge
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