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To: Clive

The term "pluton" is already in use in geology to mean an intrusive body of molten rock which cools and crystallizes at depth rather than erupting. Maybe they should call the new class of solar-system objects "pluted pups," after the term used for Pluto the dog in an early Mad comics Disney parody.


20 posted on 08/18/2006 5:49:25 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender

Maybe they should call these objects "goofies."


24 posted on 08/18/2006 5:54:19 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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