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08-24-2006, 10:28 AM
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Does size matter?
You probably heard they were talking about yanking Pluto off the stage. Well, today the axe fell. It's not a planet any more. Time to re-learn the planets.
To answer the title of the thread, size doesn't matter so much. In Pluto's case, it was demoted because it didn't clear its orbit of other planets. Namely Neptune. Their orbits overlap. I don't exactly understand why Neptune didn't get demoted for not clearing its orbit of Pluto, but there you go. It's probably the Neptune bias of those French judges, I think. |
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08-24-2006, 10:34 AM
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08-24-2006, 11:17 AM
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08-24-2006, 12:49 PM
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Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
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Time to merge the two threads on this topic before people get cranky me thinks.
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08-24-2006, 12:55 PM
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It's my fault really. Trying to use a clever title.
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08-24-2006, 02:57 PM
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obsequious purple and clairvoiant
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Sooo.... "Mama very easily made John some unbelievably nutty pie" won't work anymore. What is mama going to make for Jonn now?
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08-24-2006, 09:22 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Does this mean it's going to dark at night?
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08-24-2006, 09:36 PM
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I can hear my ears
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08-29-2006, 01:21 AM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Nachos, Brooke. See in Home Base.
The local paper announced a mnemonic contest. Nachos are popular so far.
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