Re: How many sperical solar system objests are there?

In article <1159968311.592076.319990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<antpage2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Paul Schlyter wrote:
In article <1159961078.638399.194840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<antpage2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I heard in a documentary that there was about 30. Is that correct? But
I heard in another documentary that there was around 90 discovered so
far.

That number depends heavily on how much deviation from a perfect sphere
you allow before you consider the body non-spherical. Btw, the
definition of planet doesn't require these bodies to be spherical, but
to be in hydrostatic equilibrium - which allows for rotational
ellipsoids too.

No planet is a perfect sphere, I dont care if it's egg shaped.

FYI: eggs are not shaped as ellipsoids.....

Or are some going to be left out? Is there a website
that lists them all? Thanks.

There are several such lists - some probably disagree with others.
Let Google find them for you.

I've searched google and have not found any such website.

It took me less than one minute to find this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet

I think you can improve your Google skills a bit... <evil grin>

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