New Planets?

posted on August 17th, 2006, 9:30 pm

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/tops...x?ID=BD4A251697

I thought this was pretty interesting, if it passes they're going to have to reprint a lot of science books... What do you guys think?

~ The Mormon Jedi

posted on August 17th, 2006, 9:35 pm

lol for me it's hardly news, but i'm in to this stuff, with out even clicking on the link i know we could have up to 53 planets in the system, theres three being made into plutains or something like that and one of the is called ub 441 2003 or something.

thats with out even clicking on the link

posted on August 17th, 2006, 9:41 pm

Nice.

Fifty-three planets would not be fun for the kids who have to memorize all of their names and positions for science class...

posted on August 18th, 2006, 12:33 pm

its just stupid because they want to define every object in the damned belt a planet

posted on August 18th, 2006, 12:39 pm

it's not stupid, it's science, the more we know the better, what if plato or archimedes said it's stupid some 2293 years ago? what if einsteid said **** it and became a shoe sailsman or something it's a good discovery, admit it!

posted on August 18th, 2006, 12:46 pm

I must admit, they are taking all these little "rocks" way too seriously. The number of planets we have now is ok, others are just too damn small to be considered planets. It would be ok tho, if they just named them different and then there can be 5m for all I care

posted on August 19th, 2006, 11:44 am

yeah but thats what i mean the kupier belt or however the **** you spell it

ever since Pluto they have been trying to name everything in that belt a planet thats what i see as stupid

they should just be defined as asteroids or something not planets

posted on August 19th, 2006, 4:48 pm

some of them are bigger, such as ub 2003 41 or what ever it's called

[Smoerebroed]

posted on August 21st, 2006, 6:43 am

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the problem with this, that our beloved Scientists don't know what a Planet is exactly or their is no proper definition what a planet is exactly; hehe oh and now we have a "double/twin/whatever planet special feature in our solar system since Charon, formerly known as the moon of pluto is now its own planet; yippe-ka-yeah mothercuk

posted on August 21st, 2006, 7:15 pm

there is a defianation now, it is basicly anything thats gravity has made it in to a sphere like shape, is not orbiting a planet, is not a star, and is orbiting a star, if it fits into all three of them it is a planet

posted on August 21st, 2006, 9:26 pm

now that makes no sence "and is orbiting a star" what happens if the sun has long sence died and doesnt have enough force to hold the planet and it just goes away. Wouldnt still be a planet just dead?

posted on August 21st, 2006, 9:28 pm

no it'll proberley just be a huge arse astroid, or a huge arse gas ball in space

posted on August 25th, 2006, 6:45 am

according to my favourite left *** newspaper pluto isn't a "planet" anymore!

posted on August 25th, 2006, 4:42 pm

nope :S

posted on August 25th, 2006, 4:51 pm

so what the hell is it? an asteroid or have they just named it something like micro or small/midget planet?