--- Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Have you all seen this?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5631291&ft=1&f=1003 A non-story about a non-issue. So we are going to "officially" go back to the definition of a "minor planet" that has been in practical daily use since the late-1800s, as in Harvard's Minor Planet Center - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html - a website that I use and visit for comets and asteriods about once month. Good press opportunity though. If it gets some kids (including bigger kids like me) to look through a telescope at Ceres (dia. 512km) then I'm all for it. Ceres was at opposition on 8/12, but due to Moonlight wash-out will first be at maximum visibility on around 8/22. One doesn't have to look past Pluto to see a minor planet. - Canopus56 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com