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Old 04-January-2002, 03:15 PM
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On 2002-01-04 09:42, ToSeek wrote:
Certainly if our Moon were on its own, it would clearly qualify as a planet, as would some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
No, I meant that under those criteria, both would be planetary objects, but not planets.

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According to the Sky and Telescope article, Marsden has been trying to change the classification of Pluto for twenty years. I'm still not certain why.
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