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My Very Educated Mother--aw, crap
Allow me to take a moment to indulge my somewhat neglected love of astronomy.
Eee, planets!
I find this whole thing to be rather fascinating. Planets are pretty spiffy, and so to decide that we have more of them is neat, even if the criteria do seem to be a little weak. Although there'll be a lot of schoolbooks obsolete. And we need a new mnemonic device.
I'm interested to know what they'll officially name Xena, though I have to admit, the fact that they named its moon Gabrielle (according to this site) is kinda amusing. Of course, it would also be funny if they officially named it 'Bob' (points to anyone who gets the reference XD). I wonder if that was the one they wanted to name Persephone, but couldn't because there's already an asteroid named it.
Eee, planets!
I find this whole thing to be rather fascinating. Planets are pretty spiffy, and so to decide that we have more of them is neat, even if the criteria do seem to be a little weak. Although there'll be a lot of schoolbooks obsolete. And we need a new mnemonic device.
I'm interested to know what they'll officially name Xena, though I have to admit, the fact that they named its moon Gabrielle (according to this site) is kinda amusing. Of course, it would also be funny if they officially named it 'Bob' (points to anyone who gets the reference XD). I wonder if that was the one they wanted to name Persephone, but couldn't because there's already an asteroid named it.