[meteorite-list] Pluto - Part 2 of 2

From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:50 2004
Message-ID: <141.2491616b.2d891007_at_aol.com>

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 ltcrose_at_bellsouth.net writes:
if it had an orbit around a star it was called a
planet. If it orbited anything else, like a planet, I would consider it a
moon.
But by that definition (as opposed to a size/mass-based definition), wouldn't
a comet also be considered a planet?

Gregory

J. Gregory Wilson
2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918
Santa Monica, CA 90403

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