[meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 00:49:52 2005
Message-ID: <BAY102-F21115686FCFF4A8271CC06CAC50_at_phx.gbl>

What about 'planitesimal'? I had always thought that referred to an object
in orbit around the Sun that wasn't one of the 9 commonly accepted as
'planets'.

Personally, speaking from a planeto-centrist view, I'd say that the next
rock we find in orbit has to be at least the size of Mars before I could
concede it might be a planet. Pluto I'm willing to grandfather in, but none
of this frozen-uber-pea size stuff.

Tracy Latimer

>From: AL Mitterling <almitt_at_kconline.com>
>To: Chris Peterson <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu>
>CC: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet
>Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0500
>
>Hi Chris and all,
>
>I like the word Plutonianites for these larger objects, planets. Maybe
>PlutoPlanets.
>
>--AL
>
>Chris Peterson Wrote:
>
>I say come up with a new word. (for planets)
>
>
>
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