Not that my opinion should count for much, but I back Patrick on this. Keep it simple and informative for it's target audience. It's not suppose to be a complete model of the solar system though clearly it is designed to be accurate in the information that it does contain. I think it's a great idea the way it is Patrick. However, it might appease Pluto's armies to include an additional plaque that includes the names and relative size and distances of the dwarf planets. Bracing for impact as I hit send, Josh On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
Sedna? Deloy mentioned "Pluto." You do remember Pluto? I don't think we need to accept the current IAU's perverted definition of planets for this model. I think it's a better historical perspective to include Pluto.
Sig
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
I had thought about that but including the dwarf planets at the same scale would have Sedna just over 2 km away. And if we scrunched Sedna's orbit into the existing 120 meter radius orbit the inner planets would be so close together and so close to the Sun as to be pretty much unobservable.
And, let's face it, if we go with brass plaques the cost of 9 for the Sun and planets seems more doable vs. 18 (or more) if we include the dwarfs.
patrick
On 19 Feb 2012, at 16:09, D P Pierce wrote:
It's unacceptable without Pluto.
Deloy Pierce
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