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

From: Dawn & Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 4 19:27:56 2005
Message-ID: <04a901c5994c$1adc5a20$6502a8c0_at_GerryLaptop>

I kinda guessed that from the previous posts, honest[yea sure]. No
really[what ever].
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly_at_bhil.com>
To: <cynapse_at_charter.net>; "AL Mitterling" <almitt@kconline.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet


Hi,

    This makes a lot of sense. It would appear that the cartoon dog was
probably named FOR the planet, as this name
would have been in the news at the time -- the discovery of the planet was a
sensation everybody talked about! Walt
was just cashing in on the free publicity. Just like him.

Sterling
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Darren Garrison wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:39:49 -0500, AL Mitterling <almitt_at_kconline.com>
wrote:
>
> >Hi Tom and all,
> >
> >In Reality Pluto wasn't named after the cartoon character, rather it was
> >a name picked out by the discover (and staff at Lowell) and having
> >something to do with the afterlife. I'm not sure if the Dog Pluto was
> >well know or even around at that time in 1930. This is a misconception
> >by many.
> >
>
> http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040725/disneycharacters.htm
>
> "Pluto the dog made his first appearance as a bloodhound in 1930. Later
that year he starred as
> Minnie??Ts dog Rover in ??oThe Picnic???, and finally became Mickey??Ts
dog Pluto in ??oThe Moose Hunt???. There
> were 48 Pluto cartoons, and he also appeared in many others with Mickey
Mouse and Donald Duck. Pluto
> is an actual dog, with no ability to speak or stand upright"
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