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Old 28-August-2006, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1 View Post
How exactly does that make him a hypocrite?
Why do you deflect instead of answering the question?

To accumulate its mass, an orbiting body must clear out its orbital region, as Stern specifically alluded but you now ignore. A body with a "dynamically dominant mass" is simply another way of saying that it has "cleared its neighboring planetesimals". Do you agree or disagree with that?

If you disagree, can you please describe a scenario in which an orbiting body can achieve a dynamically dominant mass without clearing its neighboring planetesimals?

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Let's debate the issues on the merits of the issues, rathering than trying to discredit someone else's opinion by crying hypocrisy.
I am not crying 'hypocrisy'. I have used that in reference to Stern exactly one time, in the original post, in reference to his supporting of orbital dominance in 2002 but calling it a 'farce' in 2006. The way you make it sound, the title of this post is "ALAN STERN IS A HYPOCRITE!!!!!" and that its a charge I repeat in every post.
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