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To: BenLurkin
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Honest question: if Pluto is no longer a planet, can objects revolving around it be considered moons?

2 posted on 05/09/2016 12:00:33 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

Well technically they are moonatoids, since Pluto is a planetoid.


5 posted on 05/09/2016 12:06:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: chajin

As far as I understand, Pluto is a “dwarf planet”, so objects revolving around it can be called ‘moons’ or maybe a ‘natural satellite’. Since a moon is a celestial body that orbits another celestial body of greater mass (e.g. a planet, star, or dwarf planet), called its primary.For example, the Moon is a natural satellite of Earth, and Earth is a natural satellite of the Sun. And, the Sun is a star, not a planet.


9 posted on 05/09/2016 12:17:12 PM PDT by odds
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