My Opera9? 12? 24? Things Get Complicated...
Monday, August 21, 2006 11:32:13 PM
Since a recent discovery, some cience people want to change the number of planets in our solar system. Planet "2003 UB313" has an ugly name, but it's also the biggest thing they have found since Neptune. So, they want to include it in the planet list.
The thing is, if they want to include this 'lil bugger in the list, they have to change the definition of "planet".
So, the guys in white thought a lot and came up with this:
SO does this means zodiac has to change?
Now if we accept Mr 2003 UB313, we would have to accept 2 more: Ceres and Charon. Yup, same Charon as in Pluto's moon... Now Pluto & Charo would be a team: a "double planet".
Wait! things get even more complicated! There's a candidate list that contains somewhere aorund 12 more names... thats 24. 24! good thing i dont have to learn the planets in the school again. I wouldn't know which is first, 2003 EL61 or 2002 AW197...
Read it in BBC News
The thing is, if they want to include this 'lil bugger in the list, they have to change the definition of "planet".
So, the guys in white thought a lot and came up with this:
- The object must be in orbit around a star, but must not itself be a star(duh!)
- It must have enough mass for the body's own gravity to pull it into a nearly spherical shape
SO does this means zodiac has to change?
Now if we accept Mr 2003 UB313, we would have to accept 2 more: Ceres and Charon. Yup, same Charon as in Pluto's moon... Now Pluto & Charo would be a team: a "double planet".
Wait! things get even more complicated! There's a candidate list that contains somewhere aorund 12 more names... thats 24. 24! good thing i dont have to learn the planets in the school again. I wouldn't know which is first, 2003 EL61 or 2002 AW197...
Read it in BBC News
