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- From: cain@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Joe Cain)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: New planet
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.225553.1056@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:55:53 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.021601.24349@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <C1HC2w.468@wrs.com>
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- In article <C1HC2w.468@wrs.com> gak@wrs.com writes:
- >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?
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- No one came up with any "official" definition.
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