Is Vesta the "Smallest Terrestrial Planet?" - NASA Science

[polaris93]

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/09dec_vestaplanet/

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spent the last four years voyaging to asteroid Vesta - and may have found a planet.

Eat your black, wizened heart out, Mike Brown! XD

Comments

[mauser]

But Pluto isn't. TANJ!

[polaris93]

Yeah, I know. On the other hand, there are plenty of astronomers who are pointing that out. I foresee a certain "definition" getting handsomely tossed. Ironically, at first astronomer Mike Brown wanted nothing to do with the "dwarf planet" jazz, but the lady heading up the IAU at the time persuaded him otherwise. You gotta cut the poor bastard some $lack, though -- it was probably the first blow-job he'd had in 15 years or so.