Subj : Re: Mothers Day
To   : boraxman
From : fusion
Date : Thu May 18 2023 20:25:25

On 19 May 2023, boraxman said the following...
 
 bo>  Ad> I mean, I'm against them having demoted Ceres, too, and that was only
 bo>  Ad> planet for about 50 years, ending around 1850.
 bo>  Ad> 
 bo>  Ad> Got demoted for similar reasons, too. Asteroid belt was discovered, s
 bo>  Ad> wasn't as special. And Pluto got demoted because of a variety of stuf
 bo>  Ad> in the Kuiper Belt.
 bo>  Ad> 
 bo> 
 bo> As upset as I am (actually not all that much) about Pluto's demotion, it
 bo> makes sense to differentiate between planets which have regular circular
 bo> (or close to it) orbits, and other objects which don't.

well, thankfully you can't be incorrect in the grand scheme by calling it a planet. humans made up the classification.. and it's not scientifically relevant (it doesn't impact the results of science. and our classifications wouldn't be relevant to aliens, for example, who might not call gas giants planets either, etc)

unlike say, the speed of light, which would be easily obvious to all observers.

at that point imo your opinion is as easily relevant as anyone else's (even experts)..

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