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Dear friends,
Thought this piece of information published in the April(99)issue of the
Hinduism Toady might interest you.
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Pluto, a Planet No More?
Poor Pluto-its days as one of our solar system's nine major planets may be
numbered. Astronomers are thinking about reclassifying the relativley puny
planet, either calling it a "major planet" or lumping it with an entirely
new class of objects. Western astrologers may have to adjust their charts,
but the jyotish practitioners of the Vedic system., who chose not to
include the distant Pluto upon its discovery in 1930, as did their Western
counterparts.
With a diameter of only 1,440 miles,Pluto, the planet farther from the sun,
is smaller than earth's moon. " For at least 20 years, its been obvious
that Pluto doesn't fit" said University of Maryland astronomer Mike
A'Hearn, of the International Astronomical Union. While other "major
planets" have roughly cicrular orbits, Pluto carves out a sweeping ellipse
that frequently takes it closer than Neptune, planet number nine from the
sun. A'Hearn wants to create a new class of objects for ice balls that
orbit beyond Neptune and call them Trans-Neptunian Objects. Pluto would be
Trans-Neptunian Object No 1. Brian Marsden of the union's Minor Planet
Center wants to see Pluto classified as a "minor planet" of which there are
thousands, then make it take a number. The prized number 10,000 will
probably come up next month. "Its not a demotion" for Pluto to be referred
to as the 10,000th minor planet, marsden insisted. "Its an honour". Right.
Unquote.
Palani


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