The IAU (International Astronomical Union) will vote Aug 24th on
what constitutes the meaning of the word Planet. A definition
that derived from ancient Greece and that has not been updated
in over 2,500 years. There has even been debate over wether to
remove Pluto's status as a Planet all together.
The new definition will go something like this:
A Planet must be round,
It must orbit the Sun,
It must be 800 Kilometers across,
and it has to be 1 12,000th the mass of the Earth.
What does this mean and what does it have to do with Bicycles?
It means that no matter how many new Planets get added or
subtracted we will always be the third rock from the Sun
eventhough at times it can feel as if we are only three miles from it.
Jason
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Looks like that Rahr thinktank stuff carried over after I left!
I agree about the 3 miles away bit right now too.
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