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Originally Posted by Argonavis
Peter - would an oblate spheroid squeek through?
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Bill,
Methinks we are getting into the realms of semantics here!
By nature of the word, a spheroid is oblate. If it was a true sphere it would not be oblate. Large bodies that have a relatively fast axial rotation must become oblate and hence spheriodal. It would be interesting to find out the axial rotational rate of 2003 UB313. The spherical nature of an object does, to my way of thinking, impact on its status of planethood but you cannot take that factor by itself as per my previous post.
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Originally Posted by Argonavis
btw excellent points.
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Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Argonavis
and where else is Sedna?
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On Venus - Sedna Planitia - all features on Venus are named after women except for one place...no I'm not going to tell you...
