iel (nathanielperson) wrote,
iel
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My Very Educated Mother Valiantly Juggles Copper Pots Jumping Sideways and Howling.

I don't know if anyone else has been following the shadowy machinations of the international astronomy cabal as they redefine the definition of "planet." But I have, and I'm glad, because it turns up delightful little tidbits like this. Or the fact that the first few asteroids to be discovered were originally considered planets, and that Uranus was originally named after its discoverer, which explains why "In 1828, a book called First Steps to Astronomy and Geography listed the planets as, “Eleven: Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Vesta, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Jupiter, Saturn, and Herschel.”

Herschel.

How awesome can you get.
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