Re: The really dumb thing about the planetary classification conference


Peacenik wrote:
"Yusuf B Gursey" <ybg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Harlan Messinger wrote:

A proposal before the IAU conference that ended a few days ago was to
categorize Pluto, Charon, and a couple of other bodies as "plutons".
Never mind the fact that they rejected it given that "pluton" turned out
already to be a geological term: How was this idea sustainable for any
period of time given the (presumable) participation of astronomers who
speak languages in which "Pluton" is already the name for Pluto?

the term was rejected, I forgot now about the replacement.

Plutino, IIRC.

I think so too.

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