Poor Pluto

We are all taught in science classes that there were nine planets and this was as clear as day.

A short while ago, all the astronomy fans recieved a great surprise when astronomers classify Pluto as “dwarf-planet”. Did Pluto really deserve this?

In fact, validity of Pluto’s planethood was always a matter of controversy since its discovery way back in 1930. First of all, it was the smallest one among the other eight and that’s where all these controversy stem from. Well, at least it seems so.

As a response to the debate going on for decades, International Astronomical Union set three criteria which must be complied in order to be accepted to planethood.

First criterion was that the planet candidates must be in a round shape. And the second one is that the candidate must orbit the Sun. So far, there’s no problem in Pluto’s account.

However, IAU’s third criterion says ‘a planet must dominate its own orbit’. This domination means that it must clear the small objects around. That’s where our beloved Pluto fails.

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh who passed away in 1997 at the age of 90. His wife Patricia Tombaugh claims, if Clyde were alive, being a devoted scienceman, this development wouldn’t upset him. And she adds: “I feel like I sort of got demoted from my job being the wife of the discoverer of Pluto. Now I’m the wife of the discoverer of a dwarf planet.”

Poor Pluto, our generation will never take you as a dwarf-planet.

One Little Basketball Note

Let me give you a secret: I am a basketball fan.

Let me give you another one: I like it Pistons style.

Just like many other Bad Boys fans around the globe, I’ve been totally thunderstruck when our Big Ben flew to Chicago this summer.

Apart from the frontcourt domination he brought along, Ben Wallace was the face of Detroit Pistons. Yes, he was four-time Defensive Player of the Year in the last five years; but what he meant fro Pistons was something more than this.

With Nazr Mohammed on the court instead of him, I wonder how our new season will turn out. To tell the truth, first impressions were disappointing, but nowadays Pistons seem to be getting on the right track.

Sound of Rock’n’Roll

One final word on Europe’s latest album Secret Society. This is the second album after the reunion of the guys who once wrote The Final Countdown back in 1986.

The album turned out to be another disappointment. That’s so sad to say for a rock’n’roll fan but Today’s Europe doesn’t sound much like the one in 80’s. This huge disappointment led me to an hour-long telephone conversation with my bro. The topic was, as you can guess, what takes our good old favourite bands away from making the same music which they made successfully decade(s) ago ( I want to disclude my all-time favourite AC/DC from this generalization).

We came to no reasonable conclusion but a monetary squeeze (in Dire Straits’ words).

We are sorry to see our legendary favourite bands gone!

Keep on rocking!