My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-25-2006, 10:49 AM

We are now introduced to the astronomical term "dwarf planet." So far, these are Ceres (and why not Vesta?), Pluto, and "Xena," and I suppose a couple of known Kuiper Belt objects to be named later.

So, in order of distance from the Sun: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos; Cereal Pleases Xena?

Flint · 08-25-2006, 10:52 AM

Ibram has the smartest Mom here...

MaggieL · 08-25-2006, 12:20 PM

from childhood memories:

"Mother Very Thoughtfully Made a Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest." --Have Space Suit Will Travel

the T is Terra, and the lowercase a is the asteroid belt

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

dar512 · 08-25-2006, 01:00 PM

Love the Heinlein, but I really favor the new version on the same wiki page:

My Very Exotic Mistress Just Showed Up Naked

MaggieL · 08-25-2006, 01:02 PM

My! Very educated morons just screwed up numerous planetariums.

glatt · 08-25-2006, 01:33 PM

The new definition is all screwed up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAU

RESOLUTION 5A
The IAU therefore resolves that "planets" and other bodies in our Solar System be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:

(1) A "planet" {1} is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape{2} , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.

(3) All other objects{3} except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar-System Bodies".
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{1}The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
{2}An IAU process will be established to assign borderline objects into either dwarf planet and other categories.
{3}These currently include most of the Solar System asteroids, most Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), comets, and other small bodies.

Number (1)(c) is a really sloppy rule. It's what they used to eliminate Pluto, because it crosses orbits with Neptune but hasn't cleared Neptune. can you look at it from Neptune's perspective too? Doesn't Neptune cross paths with Pluto, and yet didn't assimilate or clear Pluto? That means Neptune isn't a planet. Doesn't Earth have a moon? That mean's we don't live on a planet. Don't the outer planets have rings of debris floating around them? That means they aren't planets. Even if you argue that those things don't count because they are in orbit around the planets, what about asteroids? Ever seen a shooting star? That's an object the Earth hadn't cleared from its path. There are thousands of Near Earth Objects. According to (1)(c), we shouldn't be a planet either.

The astronomers needed to have at least on lawyer there at their meeting to point out all the loopholes in their new rule. I'm a little embarrassed for them. It's sloppy. I bet we could have come up with better definitions here on the Cellar.

footfootfoot · 08-25-2006, 09:07 PM

The way you wear you sublimate.
The way you start with 'P'.
The memory of all that
Oh, no. They can't take that away from me.
The way your moon just beams.
The way you orbit off-key.
The way you haunt my dreams.
No, no. They can't take that away from me.
We may never, never meet it's said
On the astral road to love.
But I'll always, always keep
The memory of...
The way you hold your nodes.
Your frozen atmoshpere.
The way you changed my life.
No, no. They can't take that away from me.
No, they can't take that away from me

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2006, 09:15 PM

Frankly IAU, I don't give a damn. :p

footfootfoot · 08-25-2006, 09:21 PM

Why this old sun? I only orbit that when I don't care what I look like.

capnhowdy · 08-25-2006, 09:55 PM

Damn. And I liked Pluto.

Tonchi · 08-26-2006, 02:13 AM

No no no no no...... there is only one planet. The Bible says so. We are changing all the text books to get rid of all this unverified hypothetical scientific heresy. It's plain that the "scientific community" is not even in agreement.....

incommunicadocat · 08-26-2006, 03:01 AM

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DiscoFever · 08-26-2006, 03:55 AM

Took me 3 posts before I finally figured out just what the hell you people were going on about.
Mickey's going to be awfully upset when he hears about Pluto being put down

MaggieL · 08-26-2006, 08:08 AM

Mickey, in divorce court: "Your honor, the issue isn't that Ms. Mouse is insane, it's that she's unfathful. That's what I meant when I said she was 'fucking Goofy'."

Shawnee123 · 08-26-2006, 08:37 AM

Attachment 9566 Attachment 9567

How come Pluto was like a "dog" dog and Goofy wore pants and was like a "human" dog? I wouldn't take 10 Goofys for a Pluto!

08-25-2006, 10:49 AM	#1
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08-25-2006, 10:52 AM	#2
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08-25-2006, 12:20 PM	#3
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	from childhood memories: "Mother Very Thoughtfully Made a Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest." --Have Space Suit Will Travel the T is Terra, and the lowercase a is the asteroid belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mnemonics __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-25-2006, 01:00 PM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Love the Heinlein, but I really favor the new version on the same wiki page: My Very Exotic Mistress Just Showed Up Naked __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-25-2006, 01:02 PM	#5
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	My! Very educated morons just screwed up numerous planetariums. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-25-2006, 09:07 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The way you wear you sublimate. The way you start with 'P'. The memory of all that Oh, no. They can't take that away from me. The way your moon just beams. The way you orbit off-key. The way you haunt my dreams. No, no. They can't take that away from me. We may never, never meet it's said On the astral road to love. But I'll always, always keep The memory of... The way you hold your nodes. Your frozen atmoshpere. The way you changed my life. No, no. They can't take that away from me. No, they can't take that away from me __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 08-25-2006 at 10:11 PM.

08-25-2006, 09:15 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Frankly IAU, I don't give a damn. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-25-2006, 09:21 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Why this old sun? I only orbit that when I don't care what I look like. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-25-2006, 09:55 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Damn. And I liked Pluto. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-26-2006, 02:13 AM	#11
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	No no no no no...... there is only one planet. The Bible says so. We are changing all the text books to get rid of all this unverified hypothetical scientific heresy. It's plain that the "scientific community" is not even in agreement..... __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

08-26-2006, 03:01 AM	#12
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08-26-2006, 03:55 AM	#13
DiscoFever My Balls Sparkle Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Australia Posts: 21	Took me 3 posts before I finally figured out just what the hell you people were going on about. Mickey's going to be awfully upset when he hears about Pluto being put down

08-26-2006, 08:08 AM	#14
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Mickey, in divorce court: "Your honor, the issue isn't that Ms. Mouse is insane, it's that she's unfathful. That's what I meant when I said she was 'fucking Goofy'." __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-26-2006, 08:37 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Attachment 9566 Attachment 9567 How come Pluto was like a "dog" dog and Goofy wore pants and was like a "human" dog? I wouldn't take 10 Goofys for a Pluto! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 09-25-2007 at 11:50 AM.

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