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Pluto has a larger sphere of influence than the Earth, simply because of its distance from the Sun. The hatchet job done on the planet Pluto came about due to the political need to bash the US (Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, was an American) and for no other reason, IMHO. |
1 posted on
05/26/2007 8:56:36 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: annie laurie; garbageseeker; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; mikrofon; ...
2 posted on
05/26/2007 8:57:06 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 26, 2007.)
To: SunkenCiv
On this, screw the IAU. Pluto is still a planet in my book and the “dwarf planet” term seems clumsy.
3 posted on
05/26/2007 9:48:16 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SunkenCiv
Separated at birth?
4 posted on
05/26/2007 10:07:27 PM PDT by
SIDENET
(Since Mexico controls our country, can I vote in their elections?)
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