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Old 15-September-2006, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Galaxy View Post
So, how come Neptune is a planet when it has all these little Plutinos hanging out in its orbit? They can't all be living in Neptune's lagrange points.
I thought that was the definition of Plutinos? They're in some 3:2 resonance with Neptune, so that when they're close to the orbit, Neptune is far away.
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