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

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Mike Lorrey writes: 

>> mail at harveynewstrom.com 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
>> Oddballs : Irregularly shaped moons, asteroids, fragments, debris
>> after all, not all balls are round - eg. footballs.   : )
> 
> The big question is a consistent name for all those near earth
> asteroids that are a threat to us.

I suggest "Lowballs" for the near-Earth ones and/or "Foulballs" for the 
threatening ones. 

(And to the suggestion that I have a testicular fetish, I say, "Ballocks!") 

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