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August 22nd, 2006, 09:55 PM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
Now the astronomers might go back to a 8-planet solar system, removing Pluto from the list of planets. We'll see what happens...
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August 25th, 2006, 03:22 AM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
They removed Pluto's planet status. By the new definition of 'planet' we have only 8 planets in the solar system.
Good decision, methinks.
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August 25th, 2006, 04:50 AM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
I like pluto.
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August 25th, 2006, 01:05 PM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
Isn't Pluto now classed as a planetlet or something?
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August 25th, 2006, 01:44 PM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
I think we just need to use a tectonic bomb on Pluto and Charon, so there is no more issue!
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August 25th, 2006, 05:43 PM
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Re: OT: The solar system has 12 planets
It's classified as a "Dwarf Planet".
Seems stupid to me to call something a dwarf planet, not a planet. Semantics.
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