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Old 27-January-2005, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jorge
what about clasifing them by % of the size of the parent and also accounting for gravitational pull of the parent object?
You still get inconsistent results. Some of the largest planets known might have moons the size of Ganymeade that would be disallowed as moons, but then if you use those percentages on a gas giant like Uranus or Neptune, large ring debris may qualify.
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