Thread: Is 1 Ceres still an Asteroid? (Wiki & IAU)
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Old 13-October-2006, 01:06 PM
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As far as I knew, the new category was for bodies with eccentric inclined orbits with a period >200 years. Did that part of it not make it past the draft resolution?

I kinda liked the word I made up... It wouldn't be any more misleading than many of the other terms used in astronomy, though... There's precedent! XD

Oh, and I know Ceres isn't a traditional terrestrial planet, that's why I said sometimes. so there!
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