An idle thought about Clyde Tombaugh and the implications of KBOs

If we decide on a definition of planet that Pluto fails to meet, making it a Kuiper Belt Object instead, doesn't that mean that Tombaugh, rather than finding the latest (1) of a known catagory of bodies, instead is the man who found the very first example of a new class of world? That would put him in the company of people like Galileo (Who first recorded moons of worlds other than Earth) and Giussepe Piazzi (who discovered the first recorded asteroid, Ceres).

1: Unless we settle on a definition that includes 2003 UB 313, in which case Tombaugh's is just one of the more recently discovered planets.

An idle thought about Clyde Tombaugh and the implications of KBOs

If we decide on a definition of planet that Pluto fails to meet, making it a Kuiper Belt Object instead, doesn't that mean that Tombaugh, rather than finding the latest (1) of a known catagory of bodies, instead is the man who found the very first example of a new class of world? That would put him in the company of people like Galileo (Who first recorded moons of worlds other than Earth) and Giussepe Piazzi (who discovered the first recorded asteroid, Ceres).

1: Unless we settle on a definition that includes 2003 UB 313, in which case Tombaugh's is just one of the more recently discovered planets.

An idle thought about Clyde Tombaugh and the implications of KBOs

If we decide on a definition of planet that Pluto fails to meet, making it a Kuiper Belt Object instead, doesn't that mean that Tombaugh, rather than finding the latest (1) of a known catagory of bodies, instead is the man who found the very first example of a new class of world? That would put him in the company of people like Galileo (Who first recorded moons of worlds other than Earth) and Giussepe Piazzi (who discovered the first recorded asteroid, Ceres).

1: Unless we settle on a definition that includes 2003 UB 313, in which case Tombaugh's is just one of the more recently discovered planets.

This explains a lot about the background in BSG

I've been watching this on tape, since it's not practical to watch the broadcasts. There's something Roslin said early on and in the episode I just saw, we see that she got it from the late President Adar:

"One of the most interesting things about being President is that you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone."

Now, what kind of a democracy can you have if the head of state thinks that he or she doesn't have to answer to anyone for anything they choose to do?

This explains a lot about the background in BSG

I've been watching this on tape, since it's not practical to watch the broadcasts. There's something Roslin said early on and in the episode I just saw, we see that she got it from the late President Adar:

"One of the most interesting things about being President is that you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone."

Now, what kind of a democracy can you have if the head of state thinks that he or she doesn't have to answer to anyone for anything they choose to do?

This explains a lot about the background in BSG

I've been watching this on tape, since it's not practical to watch the broadcasts. There's something Roslin said early on and in the episode I just saw, we see that she got it from the late President Adar:

"One of the most interesting things about being President is that you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone."

Now, what kind of a democracy can you have if the head of state thinks that he or she doesn't have to answer to anyone for anything they choose to do?

A model for management styles

[Stolen from a discussion where I kvetched over the use of somewhat vague terms to describe governments]

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A model for management styles

[Stolen from a discussion where I kvetched over the use of somewhat vague terms to describe governments]

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A model for management styles

[Stolen from a discussion where I kvetched over the use of somewhat vague terms to describe governments]

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