Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 01:57:51 -0500 Message-ID: <5AF53F01.1E3F@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 23:58:09 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: What Sun are they referring to? References: <5AF525DC.5ADF@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 180511-0, 05/10/2018), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 20 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-AhXuz1Qq7W4sa3/cQeSGA4vu19WEdAb83Hmy5hGnsXVsV7upAgQcxeqwJ467InZjC9z/7jh8LWIo6ms!6WiGU+lXbRA/z4ytiMSE1Jv1dJSeHGSvtCu6jUmGRrDrNqvQ2NjSZVirVfU4x+6fk+GgEuAmyJKS!epG8H12Np7E= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1780 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:491878 sci.physics:684877 sci.physics.relativity:457770 alt.astronomy:298557 Libor Striz wrote: > > The Starmaker Wrote in message: > > "The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defined in August 2006 that, > > in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun,..." > > > > > > > > What Sun are they referring to???? > > > > There is only one star called the Sun > and only one star system called the Solar system, same as there is > only one the Moon. > So, I guess by definition... there are no other planets in the universe since the definition only refers to ...our Sun.