[ATMoB-discuss] Pluto

[mmotta at massmed.org]

Well, Dan Green got his wish. He has been agitating to
demote it since 1999. Owen Gingrich on the other hand
was pushing to keep it a planet. So... even in the
house of the Harvard/Smithsonian this battle rages.
As for me.... I keep my photo of Clyde, and it will
remain a planet in my mind.
Mario Motta

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:24:20 -0400, "Bernie Volz
\(volz\)" wrote:

> 
> You know, Pluto hasn't gone away. It is just what
> grouping we put it in
> may have technically changed. Many of us will likely
> still call it a
> planet for a long time to come.
> 
> The discovery is no less important or significant.
> 
> I think any decision was going to make some people
> unhappy.
> 
> - Bernie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Mario E. Motta
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:51 PM
> To: ATMoB-discuss at atmob.org; Robert Naeye
> Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] Pluto
> 
> Pluto demoted as a planet.
> Just great... I have a signed copy of Clyde Tombaugh's
> discovery plate 
> of Pluto hanging in my home, would have been worth
> "millions" someday, 
> now.... nothing. Even worse, they decided against
Ceres
> becoming a 
> planet (Discovered by a fellow Sicilian, and named
> after the Godess of 
> Sicily...)
> I am doubly screwed today, .. anyone got Zoloft?
> Mario
>  
> 
> 
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