My Fair Plutonian Menace (Show #61.5)

By Aaron on August 16, 2006 at 2:00 am | In Slacker Astronomy Archival Podcasts |

(It’s a .5 because it is a quick, fun show.)
Title: My Fair Plutonian Menace
Written By: Aaron
Disembodied Voices: Travis, Rebecca, Aaron
Rating: [FF] Family Friendly

• IAU press release
• A talk about the issue will be streamed here on August 22, 12:45-13:45 CEST.
• Sky & Telescope article

The conclusion to this show will have the nitty gritty details. In short, there are 12 planets, which are divided into sub categories: classical and pluton. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the classical planets. Pluto, Charon and UB313 are the Plutons. Ceres is the 12th planet.
I’m especially happy about seeing Charon get her props!

UB313 will get a name at a later date. This proposal has to be voted on by the entire IAU General Assembly on Aug 24. If approved, then the process of assigning a name to UB313 wil begin.

Personally, I like this proposal a lot and hope it passes. The buzz has been positive, although the discoverer of UB313 doesnt like it.