Re: What Sun are they referring to?

From	Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: What Sun are they referring to?
Date	2018-05-12 19:56 +1000
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Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote on 12/05/18 02:11:
> 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.
> 
Ah!! O.K.!1

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Daniel

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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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