[meteorite-list] Defining 'Planet': Newfound World Forces Action

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From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 2 23:49:45 2005
Message-ID: <lhf0f1ph2m0odvu7i6g9r9lgs6s43snekv_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:42:55 -0700 (PDT), Francis Graham <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>> >
>> > A planet is a body that directly orbits a star, is
>> large enough to be
>> > round because of self gravity, and is not so large
>> that it triggers
>> > nuclear fusion in its interior.
>> >
>
> This is a very sensible definition. We should have
>no aversion to calling Pluto, Xena, Sedna and Quauoar
>planets.

And Planet Ceres.
Received on Tue 02 Aug 2005 11:49:10 PM PDT

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