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Old 26-August-2006, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1 View Post
That's a valid point, but we have to be careful how it is phrased. We are talking about moving the moon out from the earth by another third. If we moved Mars in towards the sun by a third, it would no longer be a planet under the latest guidelines.
Um . . . I'm confused. Why not? (And that's a way greater distance to move things.)
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