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Old 19-August-2006, 08:20 AM
jkmccrann jkmccrann is offline
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I think that we should leave the 9 planets alone. There are better and more scientific methods for classifying the bodies in the solar system.
If you've read up on the issue at all you'll realise that this is in fact the most untenable position of all to hold!

It doesn't make a skerrick of logical sense for there to be 9 planets based on any sensible definition of what a planet actually is.
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