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nicole black · 03-06-2014, 12:07 AM

SPOILER!!:

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

ooc: no offense meant <33

Leaning his right ear towards the Ravenclaw as she spoke, the professor was finding it even harder to hear what was being said. Hear and understand. It was like trying to understand Tamarian. "I didn't catch any of that."

Sitting up a bit more straight in his seat, Airey flicked his wand (OH HEY THERE IT WAS!) towards the chalkboard to have the chalk transcribe what he had to say next. The important bits anyway. "Very good all of you. Now, Mr. Strand referred to an organization called the International Astronomical Union who established the standing definition of a planet in which a celestial body in space must meet the following three requirements:

It must be an object which independently orbits the Sun

It must have enough mass so that gravity pulls it into a roughly spherical shape

It must be large enough to "dominate" its orbit, meaning its mass must be much larger than anything else which crosses its orbit

While I am NOT opening this up for discussion, but since it is the dragon in the room I may as well get it off my wrinkly chest, Pluto is NOT a planet as Miss Wisteria stated. The reason it was dubbed a dwarf planet is because it fails to meet the third criteria of a planet and is now known to be just a large example of a collection of objects called the Kuiper Belt."

Case closed GOOD DAY!

"I know some of you continue to feel passionately about Pluto being demoted as it is, but Pluto had only been classified as a planet for only 75 years and questions about its planetary status had been raised for more than 10 years prior to the final decision in 2005. The shock and woe is Pluto some of you are still feeling can somewhat be compared to the way that early peoples had to adjust to the news that we live in a heliocentric universe. For thousands of years schoolchildren were taught that planets revolved around the Earth. If they could get over THAT shock, surely you all can handle Pluto being relabeled," he concluded while rubbing his now balding head. There. Done with the Pluto discussion, alright? "What is fascinating is that NASA has discovered 715 NEW planets, so just imagine how much further our understanding of planets may evolve from here!"

Clearing his throat, the words My Very European Mother Just Served Us Nutella appeared on the chalk board underneath the planetary list. "My very European mother just served us Nutella," he read. "What does this statement mean? And if you haven't tried Nutella before you really should. It is quite delicious." And what he wanted right now.

OH LOOK! CHOCOLATE ON HIS DESK! How had that gotten there?

Class will resume approximately 20 hours from the time of this post.[/indent][/COLOR]

He hadn't heard her? He Hadn't Heard Her??? What the hell was Justine supposed to do now? Obviously if she wanted the points she would have to repeat herself, but to say it all again, would be just so thoroughly exhausting and Justine didn't think she had the energy. The poor girl sat there blinking with her mouth open, looking like someone had short circuited her hard drive. "I said; zee vord planet comes from zee Ancient Greek for 'Vandering Star," and is defined as any celestial body zat 'as enough mass to be shaped by its own gravity. sough zis definition 'as been much contested by scientist zrough zee years, personally, I'm not quite sure if zee idea is a correct one, I believe more data is really needed before ve can properly define such a zing," Justine said, almost shouting in her effort to be heard by the Professor, because Justine would not stand for being unnoticed, especially since her answer had bee so good!
She took it back, this Professor was not adorable.

Justine listened carefully as the Professor explained about the IAU, Pluto (and its diminished status), Nasa discovering over seven hundred new planets, and nutella, which confused her, because she had never heard of nutella before and didn't know what it might have to do with Astronomy.
After a few minutes contemplation however, the young girl began to see that it wasn't the nutella that she needed to pay attention to, but the words on the chalkboard.

"it is one of zose zings, a, uh... a mnemonic device? Yes, it's to remember zee order," Justine said, her hand raised in the air. [B]"Its to teach you zee order of zee planets.... Mercury, venus, earth... Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and uh... Neptune," Justine said.

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nicole black Mooncalf Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 'clever joke here' Posts: 7,178 Hogwarts RPG Name: Desdemona Minerva Evans #6082B6 Ravenclaw Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: TBD Ravenclaw First Year x8	OOC: Lmaoo! That was hilarious. you wanna fite? \| 💚 nickleback 💚 \| Uh, anyway. SPOILER!!: Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie ooc: no offense meant <33 Leaning his right ear towards the Ravenclaw as she spoke, the professor was finding it even harder to hear what was being said. Hear and understand. It was like trying to understand Tamarian. "I didn't catch any of that." Sitting up a bit more straight in his seat, Airey flicked his wand (OH HEY THERE IT WAS!) towards the chalkboard to have the chalk transcribe what he had to say next. The important bits anyway. "Very good all of you. Now, Mr. Strand referred to an organization called the International Astronomical Union who established the standing definition of a planet in which a celestial body in space must meet the following three requirements: It must be an object which independently orbits the Sun It must have enough mass so that gravity pulls it into a roughly spherical shape It must be large enough to "dominate" its orbit, meaning its mass must be much larger than anything else which crosses its orbit While I am NOT opening this up for discussion, but since it is the dragon in the room I may as well get it off my wrinkly chest, Pluto is NOT a planet as Miss Wisteria stated. The reason it was dubbed a dwarf planet is because it fails to meet the third criteria of a planet and is now known to be just a large example of a collection of objects called the Kuiper Belt." Case closed GOOD DAY! "I know some of you continue to feel passionately about Pluto being demoted as it is, but Pluto had only been classified as a planet for only 75 years and questions about its planetary status had been raised for more than 10 years prior to the final decision in 2005. The shock and woe is Pluto some of you are still feeling can somewhat be compared to the way that early peoples had to adjust to the news that we live in a heliocentric universe. For thousands of years schoolchildren were taught that planets revolved around the Earth. If they could get over THAT shock, surely you all can handle Pluto being relabeled," he concluded while rubbing his now balding head. There. Done with the Pluto discussion, alright? "What is fascinating is that NASA has discovered 715 NEW planets, so just imagine how much further our understanding of planets may evolve from here!" Clearing his throat, the words My Very European Mother Just Served Us Nutella appeared on the chalk board underneath the planetary list. "My very European mother just served us Nutella," he read. "What does this statement mean? And if you haven't tried Nutella before you really should. It is quite delicious." And what he wanted right now. OH LOOK! CHOCOLATE ON HIS DESK! How had that gotten there? Class will resume approximately 20 hours from the time of this post.[/indent][/COLOR] He hadn't heard her? *He Hadn't Heard Her???* What the hell was Justine supposed to do now? Obviously if she wanted the points she would have to repeat herself, but to say it all again, would be just so thoroughly exhausting and Justine didn't think she had the energy. The poor girl sat there blinking with her mouth open, looking like someone had short circuited her hard drive. "I said; zee vord planet comes from zee Ancient Greek for 'Vandering Star," and is defined as any celestial body zat 'as enough mass to be shaped by its own gravity. sough zis definition 'as been much contested by scientist zrough zee years, personally, I'm not quite sure if zee idea is a correct one, I believe more data is really needed before ve can properly define such a zing," Justine said, almost shouting in her effort to be heard by the Professor, because Justine would not stand for being unnoticed, especially since her answer had bee so good! She took it back, this Professor was not adorable. Justine listened carefully as the Professor explained about the IAU, Pluto (and its diminished status), Nasa discovering over seven hundred new planets, and nutella, which confused her, because she had never heard of nutella before and didn't know what it might have to do with Astronomy. After a few minutes contemplation however, the young girl began to see that it wasn't the nutella that she needed to pay attention to, but the words on the chalkboard. "it is one of zose zings, a, uh... a mnemonic device? Yes, it's to remember zee order," Justine said, her hand raised in the air. [B]"Its to teach you zee order of zee planets.... Mercury, venus, earth... Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and uh... Neptune," Justine said. __________________ the moon: feminine, intuitive, inner strength, innocence