Sedna a Planet?
John Fleck has mentioned the planet-ness (or not) of Sedna, the planetoid recently discovered. I consider Sedna to be a planetoid at a push, definitely not a planet, and best described as "a large Kuiper Belt object". Or "a big lump of rock".
My argument for Sedna being not being a planet can be boiled down to two points:
- Sedna is in the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is full of large lumps of rock, so if Sedna is a planet, how large does a lump of rock have to be to not be a planet? 1000km across? 500km?
- The 10th planet is called Rupert.
Weekend
I'm determined to post my weekend blog before Wednesday this week, so I best get writing!
This weekend was good fun — bumped into an old friend, Sarah Mason, in the shops on Friday night. I wasn't even home yet and she'd already been to the gym and got a bit drunk — some people seem to fit more hours in the day than I can. Saturday involved re-arranging the furniture, so I've now got a sore back from picking up the fish tank (and its many gallons of water...). That evening we met Allen and went down to one of the many local Indian restaurants. Wonderful food — must go again soon.
Spent many an hour with Allen and Vicky afterwards, lubricated with Bangla, chatting about the usual — disappearing socks, stag nights and profit-making schemes involving the Bible...
In other not-really-related-news, I noticed numerous
pigspolice men on the way to work today, and now
I know why. Someone has found an easter
egg in the BMW M3. Finally, an interesting blog entry by someone whose
daughter knows
nothing but Tivo.
NP: Personal Journals, Sage Francis.
