"Moving On" Is Not An Option

Last week's planet definition discussion at the American Astronomical Society's meeting in Pasadena, California, started the latest round of Internet discussions on the question of what is a planet. A portion of the session can be viewed online at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1633104 via Ustream, thanks to Pamela Gay of "Astronomy Cast." This hour-long broadcast covers only the second half of the discussion. I am trying to find out if there are any online broadcasts of the first half and of the question and answer session following the entire discussion. If anyone reading this is connected with the American Astronomical Society and knows of links for these, please post them in the comments section of this blog entry.Dr. Alan Boyle twittered notes from the entire discussion, which he put together on the following site: http://family.boyle.net/plutonotes.htm . I encourage anyone interested in this debate to read these.In a column written after the conference, which can be found here, http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/10/1959870.aspx , Boyle quotes Neil de Grasse Tyson saying it's time to move on from the what is a planet debate and address the many categories into which solar system objects can be classified, based on aspects such as shape, composition, geology, and suitability for life. ...