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Old 13-August-2005, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Glom
Forgive my cave habitation, but is the IAU actually going to come up with an official definition that will decide the fate of Pluto? Wow! This is like waiting for the Hutton report.
Sure hope so...this is the current definition they have:

http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/sedna.html
I guessed 9, partly because of those comments. They could abdicate any responsibility for "planet" at all, and just say that planet is a non-technical term (after all, it was once applied to the sun and moon) like, say, "mile"
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