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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Never understood why they removed Pluto from Planetary status.


7 posted on 06/14/2015 6:20:42 AM PDT by traderrob6
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Because there’s two other objects in the same neighborhood that equal or rival Pluto’s size. Plus more undiscovered.


9 posted on 06/14/2015 6:24:00 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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Never understood why they removed Pluto from Planetary status.

Because they could, and because doing so got some publicity.

14 posted on 06/14/2015 6:53:49 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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“Never understood why they removed Pluto from Planetary status.”

To prepare you to accept that all solar systems discovered so far seem to consist of large planets. All other objects seem to be escaped moons. Our system is no different.

We have four planets: Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter. All others, including Earth are not planets, but just escaped moons ...


18 posted on 06/14/2015 7:05:06 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Blnk
26 posted on 06/14/2015 12:40:05 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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