re: Pluto the non-planet

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re: Pluto the non-planet

Doug Ellison — 6/23/2006 1:13:46 PM (archived)

"Wait planets have moons"

Mercury and Venus don't - and they're planets.

Several asteroids do - and they're not.

I don't think moon's have an impact on a body's 'right' to be classified as a planet or not.

Doug

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Bye bye Pluto! - Raoul - 6/22/2006 9:46:59 PM
- re: Never quite understood the interest in "demoting" - BRFelix - 6/25/2006 4:15:30 AM
  - If the ancient Greeks had discovered some asteroids... - alcaray - 6/26/2006 9:26:03 PM
  - re: Back in 1845 - Raoul - 6/25/2006 9:59:57 AM
    - re: Yes, and maybe... - BRFelix - 6/25/2006 3:42:49 PM
      - re: Roundness... - Raoul - 6/26/2006 5:47:35 AM
- Why not just 1 planet in this solar system? - Pugs - 6/24/2006 7:42:23 AM
- re: Bye bye Pluto! - ER - 6/24/2006 12:44:51 AM
  - re: Converging points of views - Raoul - 6/24/2006 8:19:36 AM
    - Does it matter? - ER - 6/24/2006 12:41:09 PM
      - re: Perhaps not - Raoul - 6/24/2006 3:37:50 PM
- Typical Raoul EuroWarp Of History - ID - 6/23/2006 8:28:13 PM
  - re: And yet... - Raoul - 6/23/2006 11:34:40 PM
- It's a MICKEY MOUSE Planet.......... - carl - 6/23/2006 6:47:16 PM
- This American doesn't have a problem with demoting Pluto. - REB - 6/23/2006 4:37:17 PM
  - My chart didn't look anything like what I typed in. Let me try that again. - REB - 6/23/2006 4:41:32 PM
    - And the lightbulb comes on. - REB - 6/23/2006 4:53:37 PM
      - re: And the lightbulb comes on. - REB - 6/23/2006 5:03:42 PM
    - re: My chart didn't look anything like what I typed in. Let me try that again. - REB - 6/23/2006 4:45:16 PM
- Pluto the non-planet - SteveS - 6/23/2006 1:03:34 PM
  - re: Sylvia - Raoul - 6/23/2006 4:39:29 PM
    - Here's qiute a list - SteveS - 6/23/2006 4:55:37 PM
    - Yes I know many asteroids have moons (n/t) - SteveS - 6/23/2006 4:44:58 PM
  - re: Pluto the non-planet - Doug Ellison - 6/23/2006 1:13:46 PM
    - re: Pluto the non-planet - SteveS - 6/23/2006 4:43:11 PM
      - re: Pluto the non-planet - Doug Ellison - 6/24/2006 8:18:17 AM
        
        re: Pluto the non-planet - SteveS - 6/24/2006 2:11:24 PM
        
        re: Pluto the non-planet - Doug Ellison - 6/24/2006 6:58:56 PM
        
        Left out the word 'round' - SteveS - 6/24/2006 3:18:19 PM
- Putting the "Twerp" back in Antwerp, for over 45 years (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 6/23/2006 7:10:29 AM
- A ridiculous comment - Buck Galaxy - 6/23/2006 5:13:15 AM
  - re: And other arguments - Raoul - 6/23/2006 5:22:40 PM
    - Closer - LJK - 6/23/2006 6:11:04 PM
  - re: Discoveries waiting to be made - Raoul - 6/23/2006 5:40:28 AM
- What are your sources for this statement? - ljk - 6/23/2006 4:04:28 AM
  - re: What are your sources for this statement? - Raoul - 6/23/2006 5:47:18 AM
    - re: What are your sources for this statement? - ljk - 6/23/2006 12:54:35 PM
      - Minor Planets Stick Together - ljk - 6/24/2006 4:31:49 AM

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