re: What is a planet?

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Hans — 6/10/2006 4:55:30 PM (archived)

I would be interested to know what the folks on this board think of the issue.

My own solution? Retain the present planets and call anything equal to or larger than Pluto is a planet (diameter, mass and orbit). Other 'planets' smaller than Pluto to be given a lesser name.

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What is a planet? - Raoul - 6/10/2006 2:39:51 PM
- Group by size and composition - REB - 6/12/2006 3:15:24 PM
- re: What is a planet? - Hans - 6/10/2006 4:55:30 PM
  - re: What is a planet?...my take - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 1:33:50 AM
    - A popular idea - Adam - 6/12/2006 9:44:31 AM
      - Undifferentiated?? - nick hoffman - 6/13/2006 2:14:14 AM
        
        Convective Cores - Adam - 6/13/2006 10:28:07 PM
      - re: A popular idea - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 12:18:20 PM
  - re: The whole controversy comes from the unwillingness to demote Pluto (n/t) - Raoul - 6/10/2006 6:14:05 PM
    - Partly because we don't know what real constitutes a planet yet. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/11/2006 12:10:10 AM
      - We own the word. It can mean what we want it to. - alcaray - 6/14/2006 5:00:33 PM
  - Taxonomic Ambiguuity - ER - 6/10/2006 5:43:10 PM
    - re: Ambiguities - Raoul - 6/10/2006 6:23:54 PM
      - re: Ambiguities - gbaikie - 6/11/2006 10:01:22 AM

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