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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 09/22/2008 :  07:21:33  Show Profile Send BigPapaSmurf a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Not an official contest or anything,

Seeing as there is still much complaining about the new classification system I wanna hear what your system would be and what you think of the current system...

The Star Trek system might work but its all over the place, like gas giants being Class J and Class T for some reason.

I'm working on mine...

P.S. I think the current system is fine, 8 planets and a bunch of big asteroids. Though I prefer the term Planetoids to Dwarf Planet.


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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 09/22/2008 :  15:47:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The classification of planets in Star Trek comes (as far as I know) from Vulcan designations. Though most are probably made up on the fly while the authors were writing.

I also prefer "planetoids" over Dwarf Planet.

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greatdane_80
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Posted - 09/30/2008 :  08:37:30   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send greatdane_80 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Phil Plait, the BadAstronomer has an excellent blog at Discover magazine. He covers this exact topic in his latest post, including very good reasons why the current definition is not really the best.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/29/plutos-big-hill-to-climb/
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