What's your favorite planet?

Started by hbionic, November 01, 2005, 06:04:36 AM

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hbionic

I like Earth...but if I had to choose a different one, I'd choose saturn because it has a sweet as ring around it and would be sweet if it could be used to saw other planets in half if it got pissed at them.  :yay
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Diomedes

My favorite planet is Pluto, because it's very very far away, and very very cold.  Like my little black heart.
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mussa

Mars...just because of the movie Total Recall.  " You make me wish I had three hands!!"
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Purple_Hayz

Neptune because of it's funky rings and backwards moon.

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Fan_Since_64

Quote from: Diomedes on November 01, 2005, 08:53:08 AM
My favorite planet is Pluto, because it's very very far away, and very very cold.  Like my little black heart.

Right planet, wrong reasons, Dio. Pluto is best because it's eccentric, defies being categorized (note the efforts of troglodyte astronomers in recent years to have it declassified as a planet - ha, I say! HA!), and now they find it has two more moons - which it shouldn't have and, therefore, leaves the astronomical crowd scratching their collective heads.

Of course, my allegiance could change if the newly discovered prospective tenth planet is recognized as a planet and is allowed to officially keep the name of Xena.  8)

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Fan_Since_64

Quote from: Purple_Hayz on November 01, 2005, 10:37:08 AM
Neptune because of it's funky rings and backwards moon.

That's a good choice, too. Well, after Pluto and Xena, of course!  ;)

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Purple_Hayz

Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on November 01, 2005, 01:00:14 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on November 01, 2005, 08:53:08 AM
My favorite planet is Pluto, because it's very very far away, and very very cold.  Like my little black heart.

Right planet, wrong reasons, Dio. Pluto is best because it's eccentric, defies being categorized (note the efforts of troglodyte astronomers in recent years to have it declassified as a planet - ha, I say! HA!), and now they find it has two more moons - which it shouldn't have and, therefore, leaves the astronomical crowd scratching their collective heads.

Of course, my allegiance could change if the newly discovered prospective tenth planet is recognized as a planet and is allowed to officially keep the name of Xena.  8)
Actually, fan, it isn't so much that the extra Pluto moons shouldn't be there at all but rather how the hell they got there that causes the scientific difficulty.  Alan Stern had been pushing the idea that Pluto had more than one moon for awhile now and he had to fight to get the authorization for Hubble to image Pluto for the express purpose of looking for those moons for over a year.  Still, it makes Pluto and Charon even more exotic than they already were and should provide additional purpose for New Horizons. 8)

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Fan_Since_64

Thanks for the clarification, Hayz. I'd just read about the moons being discovered this morning but wasn't up on the background. But agreed, the discovery of the moons just makes Pluto all the more interesting, no matter the approach!  8)

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PhillyPhreak54

Favorite planet?

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