Alan Stern is probably...

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Adam — 9/8/2005 10:30:58 AM (archived)

...one of very few experts on the formation of the Outer Solar System. His main point is that from the point of view of the current theories - including his own work - the inner System is oddly regular and under-populated. Beyond the Kuiper Belt, from the Scattered Disk to the Inner Oort there could be DOZENS of Mars - Earth-sized scattered remnants of the "oligarchs"/proto-planets that went into making the Gas Giants on highly-elliptical and inclined orbits.

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Pluto's Not Only A Planet - It's The Dominant Class Of Planets - Mark Eby - 9/7/2005 12:04:44 AM
- planetary defs and voyager anomalies - Sawyer - 9/9/2005 8:54:18 AM
  - re: planetary defs and voyager anomalies - LJK - 9/9/2005 1:22:18 PM
- The news is cool, don't get me wrong - alcaray - 9/8/2005 1:04:38 AM
  - Alan Stern is probably... - Adam - 9/8/2005 10:30:58 AM
    - Thanks For Pointing Out What Alcaray Missed - Mark Eby - 9/9/2005 2:48:14 AM
      - What did I miss? - alcaray - 9/9/2005 4:09:57 PM
        
        That KBO's May Be Terrestrial Planets As Well As Ice Balls (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/10/2005 11:17:23 PM
        
        I said that's what I expeced in advance of the discovery - alcaray - 9/11/2005 3:11:52 PM
        
        Actually You Didn't Say That At All. - Mark Eby - 9/11/2005 7:27:43 PM
        
        Just Old Fashioned Enough To Expect People To Mean What They Say - Mark Eby - 9/11/2005 7:21:24 PM
        
        They aren't "Volatiles organized in bodies of varying sizes."??? - alcaray - 9/12/2005 2:49:39 PM
        
        Not Controversial, Just Not Accurate - Mark Eby - 9/12/2005 11:17:34 PM
        
        Would you buy: predominately volitiles? - alcaray - 9/13/2005 2:46:22 PM
        
        The Whole Topic Is Quibling - Mark Eby - 9/13/2005 10:56:42 PM
        
        Agreed on the topic of planetary status quibbling - alcaray - 9/14/2005 2:53:17 PM
        
        Just curious.... - R.L. - 9/12/2005 11:44:26 PM
        
        ??? I See The Sense Of Humor Runs In The Family As Well - Mark Eby - 9/13/2005 12:05:04 AM
        
        No antagonism... - R.L. - 9/13/2005 5:12:23 AM
        
        I'd Have Chuckled If I Took It Right - Mark Eby - 9/13/2005 10:50:02 PM
      - There's a point... - Adam - 9/9/2005 12:28:51 PM
  - Planets Not Comets - Mark Eby - 9/8/2005 1:44:33 AM
    - Volatiles organized in bodies of varying sizes. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2005 3:28:52 PM
- Interesting implications - Robert - 9/7/2005 6:43:40 PM
  - Plaentoids with Satellites Web site - LJK - 9/14/2005 2:46:49 PM
    - Photometric Observations Constraining the Size, Shape, and Albedo of 2003 El61 - LJK - 9/15/2005 1:10:37 PM

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