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Pluto's planet status

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ringo

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Message 22 of 39 (343633)
08-26-2006 2:34 PM

Reply to: Message 21 by graft2vine
08-26-2006 2:15 PM

Re: It's all the moon's fault

graft2vine writes:

if we wanted to get specific enough, there is only one planet. Earth, afterall is the only planet with life on it.

Was the moon a "temporary planet" when men walked on it?

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Message 25 of 39 (343657)
08-26-2006 3:17 PM

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08-26-2006 2:39 PM

Re: It's all the moon's fault

See? I'm not always a trouble-maker. Sometimes I'm just a joker.

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Message 35 of 39 (344309)
08-28-2006 2:11 PM

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08-27-2006 11:47 AM

Re: do we have a new holst of planets yet?

What I'm wondering is: what kind of redefinitions would be necessary to get earth busted down to buck-planet?

Are we still so geocentric in our views that we will always be a full-fledged planet (Planet First Class)?

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Message 38 of 39 (344544)
08-28-2006 11:51 PM

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08-28-2006 9:33 PM

Re: do we have a new holst of planets yet?

what other planet is really "terrestrial" eh?

None of the local ones, but somewhere out there...?

We have "the Moon" and lots of other "moons" that are "lunar" even if they're not very Moon-like.
Why not other "earths" that are "terrestrial" without being Earth-like?

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