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Old 09-January-2007, 02:32 PM
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But my contention is that for many researchers in the field of planetology, that question has always carried the implicit modifier: how many major planets are there?
Exactly. That's my point as well. Our definition of "planet", for the past hundred years (and more) has always included that implicit modifier (for most people )
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