Comments on: Plutophants in Disarray http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/ the blog of scott westerfeld Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ImInLoveWithJonathan! http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-34465 ImInLoveWithJonathan! Wed, 09 May 2007 19:34:13 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-34465 "There’s a very simple test: if we’re not sure about a particular “planet” we should drop it into the Sun. If it grows a tail, it’s a comet; if not, it was a planet. Ta-dah! Problem solved." love that. pluto's demoted now. although plutos throught history have had crappy luck. 1)pluto (god of the underworld) was unlucky so he got stuck with the underworld while Jupiter got the sky and neptune got the sea. 2)pluto (dog of mickey mouse) got stuck barking and walking around on all fours while goofy (correct me if im wrong but isnt goofy a dog?) got to speak english, where clothes, and walk on two feet. thats messed up i thought i had more but i cant remember them. oh well. “There’s a very simple test: if we’re not sure about a particular “planet” we should drop it into the Sun. If it grows a tail, it’s a comet; if not, it was a planet.
Ta-dah! Problem solved.”

love that. pluto’s demoted now. although plutos throught history have had crappy luck. 1)pluto (god of the underworld) was unlucky so he got stuck with the underworld while Jupiter got the sky and neptune got the sea.
2)pluto (dog of mickey mouse) got stuck barking and walking around on all fours while goofy (correct me if im wrong but isnt goofy a dog?) got to speak english, where clothes, and walk on two feet. thats messed up
i thought i had more but i cant remember them. oh well.

]]> By: IndigoEyes http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-25203 IndigoEyes Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:10:03 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-25203 Huh. You should be one of those people who go on talk shows and give seminar-type things on everything. You would definitely be good at it. That was convincing. Huh. You should be one of those people who go on talk shows and give seminar-type things on everything. You would definitely be good at it. That was convincing.

]]> By: milly http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-8643 milly Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:29:11 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-8643 you no...this is very sad that pluto got "demoted" but think about how pluto would feel.exactly,pluto really doesnt care and neither should we but we do because its been this way all along and no body but the space dudes wanted change.i guess thats why we are worrying ourselves about issues on another world when we cant even deal with the ones here such as world hunger but we can spend millions on blingage and other junk that doesnt matter!but thats ok tho,bush has got everything under control,isnt that right buddy?you have to admit picking fights w/ places that could blow us to smitherines was such a good idea i mean man brilliant!i guess thats y were trying to figure out space so when his perfect plan backfires we'll just run up there or maybe just ignore it kinda like katrina.keep up the good work man and i sincerely wanna thank u 4 helping my peeps down in new orleans. thank u for reading this and hopefully it will bring some good you no…this is very sad that pluto got “demoted” but think about how pluto would feel.exactly,pluto really doesnt care and neither should we but we do because its been this way all along and no body but the space dudes wanted change.i guess thats why we are worrying ourselves about issues on another world when we cant even deal with the ones here such as world hunger but we can spend millions on blingage and other junk that doesnt matter!but thats ok tho,bush has got everything under control,isnt that right buddy?you have to admit picking fights w/ places that could blow us to smitherines was such a good idea i mean man brilliant!i guess thats y were trying to figure out space so when his perfect plan backfires we’ll just run up there or maybe just ignore it kinda like katrina.keep up the good work man and i sincerely wanna thank u 4 helping my peeps down in new orleans.
thank u for reading this and hopefully it will bring some good

]]> By: arome punkroxta http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6453 arome punkroxta Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:46:02 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6453 love your speech ^_^ but didn't pluto have a moon? charon? that sort of puts it in the same league as earth and the rest. so it's not related; but maybe pluto's family, like a stepbrother. or the pet dog... pluto should be in whole new different grouping; between planet and asteroid. planeroid, plasteroid... asternet? ;p love your speech ^_^
but didn’t pluto have a moon? charon?
that sort of puts it in the same league as earth and the rest.
so it’s not related; but maybe pluto’s family, like a stepbrother.
or the pet dog…
pluto should be in whole new different grouping; between planet and asteroid. planeroid, plasteroid… asternet? ;p

]]> By: alicia http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6411 alicia Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:59:32 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6411 The more I read of your scientific debate regarding planetness (or lack there of), the more I want to make a few requests of you: 1) Please finish the Risen Empire story! 2) Please come to the West Coast so I can meet you. The more I read of your scientific debate regarding planetness (or lack there of), the more I want to make a few requests of you:

1) Please finish the Risen Empire story!
2) Please come to the West Coast so I can meet you.

]]> By: Michelle-wa http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 Michelle-wa Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:43:20 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6396 Very interesting stuff about Pluto. After reading what you wrote, it doesn't sound like a planet. But then again, you were writing to convince us of this. But still, very interesting. Very interesting stuff about Pluto. After reading what you wrote, it doesn’t sound like a planet. But then again, you were writing to convince us of this. But still, very interesting.

]]> By: Alexxander http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6363 Alexxander Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:16:27 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6363 Has anyone considered the far ranging implications of all this on one of the oldest "sciences" around, astrology? Astrologers never really budged on their position on Ceres etc. as Astrologically Relevant Asteroids (term just coined) but they did eventually budge and give Pluto full-fledged planet creds. Now what? Will they eat their words, or ignore science? (Some would likely say that astrologers are already ignoring science.) My bet is they give up on Pluto entirely. Has anyone considered the far ranging implications of all this on one of the oldest “sciences” around, astrology? Astrologers never really budged on their position on Ceres etc. as Astrologically Relevant Asteroids (term just coined) but they did eventually budge and give Pluto full-fledged planet creds. Now what? Will they eat their words, or ignore science? (Some would likely say that astrologers are already ignoring science.) My bet is they give up on Pluto entirely.

]]> By: Hezaa http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6360 Hezaa Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:31:06 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6360 But Pluto needs love, too. *hugs Pluto* But Pluto needs love, too. *hugs Pluto*

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6350 orangedragonfly Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:39:13 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6350 and now for a very very off topic note: awhile back i asked for recommendations because i wanted to venture from american grapic novels to manga. someone recommended death note...and i absolutely love them. i have the first five so far. so...to whoever recommended them...many thanks!!! :P and now for a very very off topic note:

awhile back i asked for recommendations because i wanted to venture from american grapic novels to manga. someone recommended death note…and i absolutely love them. i have the first five so far. so…to whoever recommended them…many thanks!!! :P

]]> By: Jez http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2006/08/plutophants-in-disarray/comment-page-1/#comment-6343 Jez Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:31:13 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=162#comment-6343 Hey, Scott, what about the people who believe we should only have 4 official planets? (even if I think the idea is pretty off-the-wall) Also, seems everywhere I look for something on this topic that isn't a news site, the person writing it mentions you and Scalzi. Personally I think we'll never decide what a planet is. They'll pass a definition, but for eternity people will challenge it and it'll get revised until it's a paper 3000 pages long and anything, everything, and nothing will all simultaneously be named "planets." Hey, Scott, what about the people who believe we should only have 4 official planets? (even if I think the idea is pretty off-the-wall)

Also, seems everywhere I look for something on this topic that isn’t a news site, the person writing it mentions you and Scalzi.

Personally I think we’ll never decide what a planet is. They’ll pass a definition, but for eternity people will challenge it and it’ll get revised until it’s a paper 3000 pages long and anything, everything, and nothing will all simultaneously be named “planets.”

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