Demotion of Pluto as a planet

[Lßbos ElemÚr]

On 29 Aug 2006, at 14:38, cino hilliard wrote:

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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Antti Karttunen <antti.karttunen at gmail.com>
> To: seqfan at ext.jussieu.fr
> Subject: Re: Demotion of Pluto as a planet
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:47:15 +0300
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> Antti Karttunen wrote:
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> >Lßbos ElemÚr wrote:
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> >>How astrologists react to the loss of planet status of Pluto?
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> Take a look at encarta definition of planet.
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> Planet, any major celestial body that orbits a star and does not emit 
> visible light of its own but instead shines by reflected light.
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> What about volcanos, A-bombs, radiowaves, astroid impacts etc. Even if we 
> can't see the light,
> it is still emitted. According to this, the earth is not a planet.
> 
> Planet, any major celestial body that orbits a star would have been 
> sufficient.
> 
> Defining is a tough nut to crack.
Omnis determinatio est negatio...............
Consequently it is necessary to list allűthose
entities which  are non-planet [.... voila a new
NP problem]..
Themost nice generated dilemma: is the Earth a planet or not<?

A question: is a part or some parts of a planet planet itself
or not? 

Yours
Labos

PS1: be sure that I am not a planet , at least I
       cannot prove this...
PS2: is somebody among us a  planet;
       No doubt njas is the Sun...



> http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577741/Planet.html
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> I pose this incident because after all the good discussion and mention of 
> specific sequences and
> the opinions brought forth, I still do not know exactly what a "base" 
> sequence is.
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> Cino
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