Planetary man: Quote: >The world still waits, with bated breath, to know whether 2003 UB313, the object larger and farther away than Pluto whose discovery was revealed at the end of July, ends up as a planet or a mere Kuiper belt object, and what it will be called. Meanwhile, several colleagues have alerted us to the claim at http://watleyreview.com/2005/080205-2.html that "An Illinois man has added fuel to a furious astronomical debate by officially applying to the International Astronomical Union for status as a planet." We suspect that the site may, possibly, be satirical, but we appreciate the writer's grasp of the problem. "There isn't a good definition of what constitutes a planet," says Gerald Finkelschmidt. "I've put on a few pounds these past couple of years, but I'm clearly below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion... And I orbit the sun, obviously. So technically, I qualify."< Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
