Comments on: Asteroid Exploration Mission Postponed Again http://www.bloggernews.net/18463 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dave http://www.bloggernews.net/18463#comment-58019 Dave Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18463#comment-58019 We all have our little pet peeves... one of mine is seeing Ceres referred to as a 'Texas-sized asteroid' because of a similarity between its diameter (just under 600 miles) and some linear dimensions of Texas. We should be looking at the surface area of Ceres. It's not 'Texas-sized' at all; it is way bigger than Alaska, almost the size of Argentina. If it were a country, it would be the 9th largest in the world. We live on a surface; the diameter just tells you how deep you can dig a hole. Let's show a little respect for a new planet! [Ya, I think that dwarf planets (which Ceres was recently reclassified as) are planets - just like dwarf people are people!] Otherwise - great article! ;) We all have our little pet peeves… one of mine is seeing Ceres referred to as a ‘Texas-sized asteroid’ because of a similarity between its diameter (just under 600 miles) and some linear dimensions of Texas.

We should be looking at the surface area of Ceres. It’s not ‘Texas-sized’ at all; it is way bigger than Alaska, almost the size of Argentina. If it were a country, it would be the 9th largest in the world.

We live on a surface; the diameter just tells you how deep you can dig a hole.

Let’s show a little respect for a new planet! [Ya, I think that dwarf planets (which Ceres was recently reclassified as) are planets - just like dwarf people are people!]

Otherwise - great article!

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