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To: BenLurkin

Pluto — not a planet

The thing we can’t see at all — totally a planet


7 posted on 01/20/2016 1:49:29 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Pluto and Neptune were both discovered after educated speculation suggested where to look for them. Pluto was deposed from planethood on account of being in an orbit full of debris. Hypothetical “Planet X”, when and if found, will be judged by the same criteria.


15 posted on 01/20/2016 1:55:59 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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