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Old 22-February-2007, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Swift View Post
Sorry if someone posted this already, but I happened upon a Pluto Petition, apparently done by the fellow who does spaceweather.com, where you can vote for or against Pluto's planet status. I wonder when one of the candidates for US president will take a position on this issue?
Frankly I don't give a rat's butt whether it returns to planet status or not. I want a reasonable, universally applicable definition for what a planet is that is logical and consistent. The one slipped in by the IAU is none of those.
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