Nicely argued...

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Nicely argued...

nick hoffman — 9/4/2006 3:42:56 AM (archived)

Thanks for a rational and informative post.

I'd add one observation, though:

Double planets excluded: Only the most massive object in a group of objects sharing an orbit around the Sun will be classified as a planet, the rest will be considered moons or satellites.

You'll need something to explicitly cover Trojan asteroids. These are clearly co-orbiting yet are neither moons nor satellites.

After that, you may also need something to cover captured bodies in non-conventional orbits like that wierd horse-shoe orbiting NEO...

The whole thread (19 posts)

The Modest Planet Discoverer's Comments On What A Planet Is And My Own Modest Proposal - Mark Eby - 9/4/2006 2:56:31 AM
- New Horizan's Alan Stern On The Issue - ID - 9/7/2006 3:15:19 PM
- An Even More Genral Definition of A Planet From Marc Buie of Lowell Observatory - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 2:44:21 AM
- Assuring Proper Credit - Mark Eby - 9/5/2006 1:01:40 AM
  - ok- I bite- just ghosting - Ghosting - 9/5/2006 3:24:41 AM
    - ? - Mark Eby - 9/6/2006 12:31:45 AM
      - re: ? - Marcia - 9/6/2006 7:49:35 PM
        
        Thanks - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 1:30:17 AM
- re: Rocky - Icy - Raoul - 9/4/2006 5:30:31 PM
- A semi-definite boundary - Adam - 9/4/2006 9:39:38 AM
  - Really Weird Double Planets & Fragments - Mark Eby - 9/5/2006 1:33:45 AM
    - Vesta is covered in basalt - Adam - 9/6/2006 12:25:53 PM
      - Rocky Dwarf Definition For Asteroid Belt Type Zones - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 2:09:33 AM
        
        Brown Dwarfs and others - Adam - 9/7/2006 11:19:14 AM
        
        Good Reason For Applying Buie's Planet Definition - ID - 9/7/2006 12:56:29 PM
        
        Unit Confusion? - IDiot of the day - 9/7/2006 12:48:44 PM
        
        Hey Adam the Name Applied To Me Not You - ID - 9/8/2006 12:56:13 PM
- Nicely argued... - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 3:42:56 AM
- Missing Link - Mark Eby - 9/4/2006 3:01:22 AM

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