What are planets?

Raoul — 8/3/2006 9:30:46 PM (archived)

Just heard tonight how the IAU is going (as mentioned weeks ago) to change the way we call planets. Apparently it will be something like "planet followed or preceded (depending on which language) by an adjective".

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What are planets? - Raoul - 8/3/2006 9:30:46 PM
- adjective like "terrestrial"? I thought we already had that. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/3/2006 9:47:29 PM
  - re: When it will be announced, it won't be a surprise; only something the whole world would agree with (n/t) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 5:31:50 PM
    - I'm too old and cranky to agree. - alcaray - 8/4/2006 8:08:52 PM
      - re: :-)) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 10:17:24 PM
  - We do - Fox - 8/3/2006 11:47:11 PM
    - Correction - Fox - 8/4/2006 12:05:39 AM
      - Not too sure about "planemos" - ljk - 8/4/2006 2:43:05 AM
        
        How is "planemos" pronounced? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:00:44 AM
        
        re: Not too sure about "planemos" -and dust clouds - Andrew - 8/4/2006 4:33:05 AM
        
        Object Survives Being Swallowed by a Star - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:10:49 PM
        
        urp! - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:04:04 AM
        
        Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star - LJK - 8/4/2006 6:11:48 PM
        
        Discovery of the Nearest L Dwarf: The Intrinsically Faintest Object at Visual Wavelengths Known Beyond Our Solar System - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:28:56 PM
        
        What the L ? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:09:51 AM
        
        From ESO - ljk - 8/5/2006 1:59:26 AM

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