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To: SaveFerris

Does this mean that Pluto is now a trans-planet?


10 posted on 09/10/2018 7:09:10 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: N. Theknow
Does this mean that Pluto is now a trans-planet?

OH - SO VERY GOOD! I think we have got a winner here!

I love this whole controversy as it reminds me of the 'settled science' meme. The de-classification of the planet Pluto into being a 'dwarf planet' / 'Kuiper belt object' came from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) effort to formally define the term "planet" in 2006. It will be interesting to see how long this controversial reclassification lasts.

12 posted on 09/10/2018 7:27:40 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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