@Wodun001 That one's harder to rationalize. I just got used to doing it for years. @kchangnyt
If you want #Pluto to be a planet again, shouldn't the #Moon be a planet, too? @AlanStern says yes. http://nyti.ms/1yF44Z5
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@Wodun001 My problem with naming the moon "Moon" is that it doesn't make grammatical sense. "I'm leaving Earth" is fine. But...@kchangnyt - 8 more replies
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@Wodun001 Actually, its name is Luna.@kchangnyt@AlanStern -
@Rand_Simberg@Wodun001 I checked. The official name of the moon is Moon. You can complain about that to the IAU. - 5 more replies
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@kchangnyt Seems to me that if you want to call earth-moon system a dual planet, the barycenter shouldn't be inside one of them.@AlanStern -
@Rand_Simberg@AlanStern is calling all round moons planets. The barycenter is irrelevant. - 2 more replies
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@Wodun001@Rand_Simberg No, just a nit decided by grammar pedants. Does "standing on Earth" mean the same as "standing on earth"?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulfuhlir@AlanStern Alan Stern says, “Some planets orbit other planets. Get over it.”
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@kchangnyt@nytimesscience Can we *please* stop wasting time with this utter nonsense and *enjoy* our dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto?! Thanks -
@cosmos4u@nytimesscience 1st 2/3 of article is about Ceres and Pluto. Then stop if u don’t want to hear about “planet.”
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