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To: JimSEA

So all the asteroids are planets now?

9 posted on 03/19/2017 3:57:43 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)

To: TBP

Basically I guess many asteroids might qualify depending on their orbit. This definition is just a proposal and a poor one I’d say.

11 posted on 03/19/2017 4:00:32 PM PDT by JimSEA

To: TBP

So all the asteroids are planets now?

If a body isn't massive enough to have pulled itself into a spheroid shape, I'd say no.

20 posted on 03/19/2017 4:40:19 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)

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