Re: CHAT: Parallelism

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Sam Bryant wrote:
> > Of course, the last I heard, Pluto had been reclassified as a Big Hunk Of Rock
> > With Its Own Orbit rather than a planet. (or did I dream this?)
>
> Well, some astronomers have been saying that for years.  I THINK I
> remember hearing that the International Astronomical Union (?) had
> reclassified it, but I'm not sure.  At any rate, I doubt that debate
> will end anytime soon.
>
After much debate and discussion, it was left a planet.  The fact
that it might be more than one thing at a time was probably too
inconvenient to think about :)

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