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To: Telepathic Intruder

“It is unlike a planet in every way except being round.”

You are full of it.

It is in orbit around the Sun.


16 posted on 10/24/2019 10:51:19 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson
"It is in orbit around the Sun."

So are asteroids and comets, as well as meteors, and dust specs. A planet must dominate its orbit by sweeping away all other competing debris. That's what makes something a planet according to nebular theory of planet formation. Pluto is part of another group of objects beyond Neptune which, like the asteroid belt, have not cleared their orbits. They all share a collective one making them Kuiper belt objects, not planets. There are thousands of them. Pluto is not only a fraction the mass of our moon, but is wildly eccentric in its orbit and with a high inclination to the ecliptic. Very much unlike the other planets but very similar to the other KBO's. Why you attribute such importance to this tiny object that's one of thousands of others is just plain irrational. But irrationality seems to be the driving force for some. At the time of its discovery, nothing was known about Pluto. They declared it a planet only from a desire to make the headlines, but it should never have been called one. Ceres was once called a planet, until they realized it was only an asteroid--only one in a larger group of them.
29 posted on 10/24/2019 11:20:26 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: MarvinStinson

And those Sizists who say it’s a dwarf planet, HOW DARE THEY! (LOLOLOLOLOL!)


39 posted on 10/24/2019 11:51:02 AM PDT by Shady (One More Time: CO2 is PLANT FOOD! Without it we die. Any questions?)
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