http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/16/n...s.ap/index.html

I have no issue with the new planets, but I think that instead of Charon, they should have named Pluto's sidekick Goofy.

Once again the astronomers have gotten it wrong.. sigh*

If it can be flown to in a human lifetime and landed on with a space ship, it's a planet.

You'll have to modify "landed on" or Jupiter and Saturn will have to be evicted. Or did you already intend that?

If I were going to attempt to land on a gas giant planet, I would make sure my space ship were also an airship, an interplanetary Zeppelin.

You're a gas, Rick

Then it'd be called "to gas"

The term "make planetfall" has been observed in science fiction novels.

that's it!

Well, it looks like it's neither 9 nor 12. It's 8!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/conte...4/pluto935.html

http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=fare...1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

"The main challenge now is find a new mnemonic that leaves out the final 'p'. "

Anyone here want to try? "My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas" doesn't cut it any more. I think I'll put the new "acronym" into our usual thread so we can have at it...