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- From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
- Subject: Re: New planet
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- References: <1993Jan26.021601.24349@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:08:55 GMT
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- In article 24349@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu, jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu (Jim Scotti x2717) writes:
- >
- > This has been covered before in this newsgroup. This object is
- >definitely NOT a _planet_, but rather a minor planet or possibly even
- >a comet.
-
- Months and months ago, there was quite a debate here over what exactly
- qualifies a celestial body to be called a "planet" as opposed to an
- "asteroid" or a "failed star" or a number of other names. I really
- don't want to open that can of worms again, but did we ever decide?
- (After all, what Usenet says goes, right? :-)
-
- thx
- gak
- 107/H/3&4
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