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So what if there are tens or hundreds. There are over 5000 known comets, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands out in the Oort Cloud. Does that mean “com
by cratermoon 6mo ago
So what if there are tens or hundreds. There are over 5000 known comets, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands out in the Oort Cloud. Does that mean “comet” has no meaning? What about the asteroids you mentioned, there are 1.2 million of those, yet we still consider the word to mean something, yes?
- OutOfHere 6mo agoLet me ask you a simple question: If Pluto becomes a planet, are you okay with these five also becoming planets: Ceres (sits between Mars and Jupiter), Eris, Makemake, Quaoar, Sedna, etc.? Think about it -- Jupiter will no longer then be the fifth planet; it will be the sixth. Also, will your bosses at MAGA endeavor to be scientifically consistent in this way? If not, then you have no debate. What you'll unwittingly end up accomplishing is to invent a new word that merely replaces the word planet in its current sense with a new name, e.g. cleorb/cleorbs, orbex/orbexes, etc. You will break every science textbook and every LLM. Is this what you want, because it is what you will get.