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shagbark Started conversation Jan 25, 2009
The increase in observing power plus a lot of back stage activity has made most text books on the subject look out of date.
I have an article here (unedited) showing the current overview of our Solar system circa 2009. 
shagbark
It is located at A32537720
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shagbark Posted Jan 26, 2009
1. The only mention of dwarf planets is Pluto. No mention of Eris, or Ceres, much less Makemake or Haumea.
2. No mention of Centaurs or NEO's
3. Comets are only mentioned in passing.
4. Sedna is in the Oort cloud which A79508 suggests may not exist.
It was a very good article for nine years ago, but not for today.
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shagbark Posted Jan 26, 2009
I will concede that A32537720 is also deficient in some points that the previous article covered. Perhaps if someone made an article drawing the best of both they would have an article better than either of them.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 26, 2009
Rather than writing new articles, you should update the existing articles. Since they are in the Edited Guide, they should be the definitive versions.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 26, 2009
And Ceres _is_ mentioned. In fact you wrote the Edited entry on Ceres yourself, so you should remember that it is there.
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shagbark Posted Jan 26, 2009
Are you challenging me to do the update on A79508 or are you willing to do it.
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shagbark Posted Jan 26, 2009
Actually my article started as just an examination of TNO's but I decided to expand it and see what I would get.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 26, 2009
It's not a challenge, it is a suggestion. If you feel that an Edited Entry is not up to scratch, you should Update it.
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shagbark Posted Jan 27, 2009
Well, I thought about it, and I did it. I turned this article into an update. I still want to look at it some more before I submit it for review.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jan 27, 2009
If it's ready for review you need to submit it to PR, or we'll only be repeating ourselves, thanks
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shagbark Posted Jan 28, 2009
The Guide Entry Update A79508 Our Solar System-an overview has been successfully submitted to the Review Forum 'Peer Review'.
You can find the Review Conversation at F48874?thread=6271281
All further remarks can be made there.
---shagbark unsubscribes.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jan 28, 2009
For the benefit of any other interested parties, the A-number of the update is A32537720
GB
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