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To: SunkenCiv

Moons? How small does an orbiting rock have to be before it is no longer a “moon?”

Great pic, Mr. Civilizations. Thank you for the APOD.


11 posted on 05/21/2012 7:03:50 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

:’) It’s like the definition of planets — sooner or later the anti-American astronomy association will have a meeting and exclude all moonlike bodies which have been discovered by Americans and American probes.


12 posted on 05/21/2012 7:12:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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