Posted on 08/30/2006 10:06:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible
I would think anything with a gravity sufficient to make it compact itself into a sphere, and which is orbiting the sun, could reasonably be called a planet.
With that definition our moon could be considered a planet if it was orbiting the sun.
What is the big deal about 'reclassifying' it?
And who decided this anyway? And on what authority?
The progression through the cadence is designed to be somewhat deceptive as to the location of the downbeat thereby giving the dance a liveliness that would be missing otherwise since the pace is not at all rapid.
Planetary Politics: Protecting Pluto
Space dot com | 7 September 2006 | Edna DeVore
Posted on 09/09/2006 11:17:25 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
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