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SciGuy: A Texan definition of a planet

Posted by GruntDoc on November 15th, 2008

SciGuy: A Texan definition of a planet
• Therefore, a planet must be any star-orbiting, non-fusing celestial body larger than the smallest sphere containing TEXAS.

Read it all, and enjoy.  I’m not an astronomer but it makes sense to me.

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5 Responses to “SciGuy: A Texan definition of a planet”

  1. Greg P Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    I think I would propose an alternative:

    A planet is anything larger than the ego of a Texan.

    This would require, of course, a size considerably bigger than this proposal.

  2. dragonfly Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 12:27 am

    But what does Texas revolve around?

  3. GruntDoc Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 4:46 am

    To be perfectly clear: everything else revolves around Texas.

  4. dragonfly Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 6:47 am

    Ah of course, forgive my Antipodean ignorance :-)

  5. Bo Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    And here I thought the Texan definition of a planet was “them thar big ole sparkully thangs up in the sky”….

    (Waaah…I miss good ole Texas now that I’m in Kansas!)

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