It’s dove hunting season, and I live out in the country. Add to that the fact that Mary Ann had been feeding the wild birds on the property for years now, and it’s not surprising that shotgun fire is coming from across the pond, and has been for some time now. Mary Ann is well… Continue reading Writing Under Fire
Author: hmelton
Naming the Planets
Okay, this is positively the last planet post, for a while. I want to talk about a slightly different classification topic, naming the planets. Currently, this is owned by the IAU. It’s a long drawn-out process, and because of their philosophy, that makes sense. The IAU works under the premise that everything belongs to the… Continue reading Naming the Planets
Moving the Planets
I seem to be stuck on planets, don’t I? Bear with me, I’ll be done soon. In my last post, I suggested a classification system. The focus of that system was the objects themselves — how to look at an object and know what it is. The IAU has complicated the issue by adding ‘how… Continue reading Moving the Planets