Comments on: Colbert takes Neil Tyson down

By: Open Source mobile edition

Open Source mobile edition — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:04:20 +0000

[...] gone unfilled. (What black hole has Sanjay Gupta gone into? Has Neil deGrasse Tyson demoted him too?) But the question remains important. Where you stand reveals where you sit. It’s one thing to have [...]

By: michael c

michael c — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:36:19 +0000

What are all of you aliens talking about??? what parts of your minds have been removed…what is a Pluto? do you even know… Mr. Neil was correct

By: Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:01:13 +0000

International Astronomical Union is the new pneumonic:

My very enormous monster just stopped using nine

Tom Joyce
http://www.8pla.net

By: Radcliffe S. Mason, Jr.

Radcliffe S. Mason, Jr. — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:27:22 +0000

Congradulations Dr. Tyson,
You where right after all; ” extremely small ….lopsided orbit…..Kupier belt object (ice ball)…etc..!

Keep on, keeping on….You are the right person in the right position making the right ultimate decision (scientific rather than good old 70 year memories).

By: Elias Friedman

Elias Friedman — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:10:47 +0000

Kool!

Today’s APOD linked to this post!

By: bookman john

bookman john — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:59:20 +0000

One of the funnier threads I have ever read. Let me see now – plutononian thread; underground humor?

By: hopmeister

hopmeister — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:30:39 +0000

I am eagerly awaiting the reaction of the astrological community!

By: Harold

Harold — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:28:14 +0000

I’m still waiting for Colbert to declare the members of the IAU “dead to me” for demoting Pluto.

By: txjak

txjak — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:27:07 +0000

I wonder if Colbert is ready to eat crow?

We need a rematch!

By: sirjonsnow

sirjonsnow — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:21:53 +0000

I’m still waiting for them to give Pluto back its real name: Yuggoth

By: maynard

maynard — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:21:43 +0000

You got it sooo wrong. Tyson didnt say he was wrong, in fact he was right. He was just saying they grouped Pluto in with their other similar objects in the kuiper belt. But yes, it was a hilarious interview!

Now, not only does the IAU’s new definition add a few more planets instantly, it will add hundreds, maybe a thousand planets when the tally’s done. He goes into this in some great detail and is also pretty hard-hitting on ID and other things on this weeks Point of Inquiry. http://pointofinquiry.org

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:17:32 +0000

Actully Neil Degrasse Tyson was correct to remove Pluto based on the previous demotion of Ceres. If Ceres had always been considered planet worthy with the new objective standard used all along I suspect Dr. Tyson would have never demoted Pluto. Another issue is that the final vote won’t occur until next week, and it seems Pluto and its ilk will be called Plutons or Plutinos, this itself distinguishes them from being classical planets, once again Dr. Tyson is correct.

By: beajerry

beajerry — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:27:27 +0000

Colbert rocks!

By: Leo Marvin

Leo Marvin — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:09:56 +0000

You astronomers are hopeless. A little political capital falls in your lap about once a millennium, and you don’t even know it’s happened.

OK, here’s what you do. You go to the Discovery Institute, and you tell them that if they back off Intelligent Design, you’ll have Earth declared the only legitimate planet. This, by the way, will be a cinch. For the new definition of “planet” you just propose, “all spherical objects that have NASCAR.” Do it right after lunch when the Europeans will be too drunk to question the acronym.

You’re asking, “What makes you think I care about Intelligent Design?” I don’t. Before approaching the creationists, you make your deal with the biologists: Youâ€™ll get the Intelligent Design wackos off their back if they keep you flush with hookers, beer, pizza, M&M’s, plasma TV’s and DVDs. I’d start with about a hundred hours of Petticoat Junction, Judge Judy and Tucker Carlson, but that’s my taste. Youâ€™ll probably prefer something geeky like Dr. Who.

Don’t thank me. Just keep us all posted on the killer asteroids.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:12:12 +0000

Fender, I would like to see your Charon-sized snowball. Do you have a photo you can post?

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:10:52 +0000

Evolving Squid, go to Bill Arnett’s pages (http://www.nineplanets.org) and look up Charon. He offers two pronunciations, and the reasons behind them.

By: Karnalis

Karnalis — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:08:37 +0000

Not quite as entertaining to me as Colbert’s take on marrying snakes, but still a good one!

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:02:41 +0000

I thought Charon was pronounced “Kayr-on”

By: J. D.

J. D. — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:18:21 +0000

Darn it all! I want UB313 to be named Rupert in honor of the 10th planet in Douglas Adam’s “Mostly Harmless.” But nobody listens to me : (.

J. D.

By: Max Fagin

Max Fagin — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:52:54 +0000

I saw this last night, and if your a frequent Colbert Report watcher, you can see that Mr. Tyson actually did a pretty good job relative to other Colbert interviewes.

Just wait, his next show will be about how we should name 2003UB313 “Colberton.”

As I said in my last post, I still think we should petition the IAU to name it “Plaitus.”

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:06:39 +0000

Funniest astronomical clip I’ve seen! Well, amgonst the funniest, as I have to consider MST3K and Red Dwarf.

“Ceres, you’re just a pain in the asteroid!”

By: Tim G

Tim G — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:49:25 +0000

As spokesperson for Ceres I must say my client takes great exception to Mr. Colbert’s remarks. The “World Ceres” is a fascinating place to visit, untarnished by humanity.

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â™¥â™¥â™¥â™¥â™¥Fenderâ™¥â™¥â™¥â™¥â™¥ — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:04:46 +0000

He did good leaving Pluto out of the model, PLUTO SHOULD NOT BE CALLED A PLANET ITS JUST A HUGE ICE BALL. >.0 Neither does Charon! It’s just a big snowball!! I’ve made snowballs bigger then that thing! PLUTO CAN’T BE A PLANET.

I enjoyed the video, it was interestingly sweet.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:55:17 +0000

D’oh! I meant 2003 UB313.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:52:26 +0000

Colbert’s not exactly a gracious winner, is he?

Besides, his call was wrong – he never mentioned Charon, Ceres or 2005UB313, did he?