Saturday, February 04, 2006

What is a planet?

This debate will be resolved in this very blog. Interstellar bodies must be classified and grouped into a system of logical order as we humans continue to expand further away from our home and the originating body called Earth. Before going on, it is recommended that stupid and ignorant people read over this blog more than once and take several deep breaths before forming an opinion as this is going to blow apart what you have previously been led to believe. Dictionary.com, for example, gives what we all know is a completely wrong definition of "planet" but keep in mind it is an American website and they can not be blamed for getting things wrong just because the heat has baked their brain cells. Now then, a "planet" is an interstellar body that humans plan to explore and possibly populate. From this point forward, the word "Planet" will have a capital "P". Their are only three official Planets in what we call "The Solar System". Earth is not one of them. Earth is a body of human nations. The three Planets are Mars, The Moon, and Europa. Mars will no longer be classified as a Planet once we begin to populate it. It will be called a territory until such time that it also becomes a body of human nations. The same could be said for The Moon as a permanent settlement is required to reclassify it. It should be noted that there is already more than one body of human nations, other than Earth, The International Space Station is the other.

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