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10th planet discoverer speaks » alexandra_k

Posted by zeugma on January 4, 2006, at 20:18:52

In reply to Re: Astrology » AuntieMel, posted by alexandra_k on January 4, 2006, at 17:43:20

"The word planet is simply not a scientific word, it is a cultural word."
- Mike Brown, leader of the "10th planet" discovery team

but what are the implications for astrology? Am I going to have to get 23 new KBO's (my preferred acronym for these 'non-cultural planets' in the Kuiper Belt) added to my birth chart? Or, can I ignore them and keep Pluto in my seventh house (I don't get along well with others, that's as good a reason as any for my social difficulties) because Pluto is culturally a planet?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050802_planet_definition.html


"I finally realized the mistake we astronomers had been making all along," Brown told SPACE.com yesterday. "The word planet is simply not a scientific word, it is a cultural word. Once you get over that trap the rest becomes easy."


-z

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