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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: What Sun are they referring to? |
| Message-ID | <p8L1yM.3ME@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2018-05-11 21:20 +0000 |
| References | <5AF525DC.5ADF@ix.netcom.com> <pd44ud$3ud$1@dont-email.me> <15gbfd5pj02j4dtvplj7h612165jctn6bu@reader80.eternal-september.org> <6135aae4-62b9-44c3-adee-fe6896c9ef63@googlegroups.com> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <6135aae4-62b9-44c3-adee-fe6896c9ef63@googlegroups.com>, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote: >On Friday, 11 May 2018 17:11:35 UTC+1, Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote: >> On Fri, 11 May 2018 23:13:24 +1000, Daniel60 >> <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote: >> >> >Libor Striz wrote on 11/05/18 17:26: >> >> Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> Wrote in message: >> >>> Libor Striz wrote on 11/05/18 15:51: >> >>>> The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> 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. >> >>>> >> >>> More correctly, there is only one star called "Sol", our sun, and the >> >>> system of bodies that orbits the star called "Sol" is called "the Solar >> >>> System"!! >> >> >> >> It depends on language. >> >> Sol in Latin, Sun in English. >> >> >> >Huummm!! Without checking, I would have gone for Greek, rather than >> >English or Latin!! >> >> The Greek is Helios. > >"The Solar System" is what the IAU was talking about. >The bodies gravitationally bound to Sol, and whatever >else is in the same space - solar wind, etc. > >Daniel60's mistake was to get dragged into orbit >of the dark star. For most everyone else there - >"I don't care what happens to these people." /bows left, right, and center -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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What Sun are they referring to? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-05-10 22:10 -0700
Re:What Sun are they referring to? Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-05-11 07:51 +0200
Re: What Sun are they referring to? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-05-10 23:58 -0700
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-05-11 09:19 +0200
Re: What Sun are they referring to? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-05-11 09:09 -0700
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-11 17:09 +1000
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-05-11 09:26 +0200
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-11 23:13 +1000
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-05-11 12:11 -0400
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-11 13:05 -0700
Re: What Sun are they referring to? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-11 21:20 +0000
Re: What Sun are they referring to? Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2018-05-12 19:56 +1000
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