I know who he is. Arizona doesn't have that much going on. You do learn "discovered Pluto" at some point in ten years of pre-college education.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Is this car cute or migraine-inducing?
I say cute.
What do you have to do for it now? RICE?
exactly. and it could have 1 to 4 more days to keep swelling. wheee. and my right hand. not good. i can type - but writting is way more difficult
First they take away the brontosaurus. Now it's Pluto. What next? Are they going to repeal gravity? The scientists must be stopped!
This is totally my deal with this. I believe that The Scientists have their reasons, but all I know is the popular names for things and I LIKE THEM.
I am having crazy deja vu right now, FYI.
I didn't mean it as a slam, just a goofy explanation. I honestly can't gauge how much is taught about him outside "discovered Pluto" because my exposure was from a completely different angle. My childhood was pretty much immersed in astronomy.
How does the random definition create a new picture of what we already know?
The Kuiper belt is the new discovery along and some of these are just as big and made of the same stuff (ice) as Pluto. Right now there is no standard definition of Planet, so a definition is being decided so that the new objects can be classified. Unless you decide that planet has no meaning other than 'the 9 objects that we've always called planets', then the picture is going to change no matter what. The discussion is really whether 'planet' is going to mean a few large objects, or dozens or hundreds of small ones.
I didn't mean it as a slam, just a goofy explanation.
I wasn't offended. But here's the thing-- why would scientists be more interested in a legacy than with progress?
Ooh, those are cute. Did you get a custom suit made? (This is why I want to go to Hong Kong.)
I did, and so did my sister! Mine is a tropical-weight wool, in a very fine black/blue herringbone print. Skirt, jacket, slacks. Cost about $400 American, and they did it in about 36 hours. I was very impressed.