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To: Telepathic Intruder
Pluto could be a former moon for all we know. So could Ceres.

So could we.

16 posted on 07/13/2019 4:46:05 PM PDT by null and void (The Left isn't banning "Hate Speech", they are banning speech they hate. BIG difference.)
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To: null and void

Very unlikely. “Dwarf planets” according to the new and improved definition, haven’t cleared their orbits. In other words, they didn’t form as a typical planet according to the Nebular Theory. That is, gradually coalescing from planetesimals in the same general orbit until they’re all eventually swept up into one single planet. By all appearances, that’s how the earth formed. Pluto and Ceres, both dwarf planets, are just parts of a larger collection, i.e. the Kuiper and asteroid belts, respectively. They never coalesced into a single object. They’re basically planetesimals, if Nebular Theory still applies.


17 posted on 07/13/2019 4:56:05 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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