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Posted by windbag on February 9, 2008, 5:43 pm
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David Williams wrote:
> -> Who knows with these conferences,maybe they will remove Neptune as a
> -> planet because it has not cleared its orbit of the ex-planet Pluto and
> -> therefore does not qualify as a planet !!.
>
> Jupiter is a better candidate for de-planetification. It has failed to
> clear its orbit of the Trojan asteroids. Pluto's orbit does not
> actually intersect that of Neptune. They cross, but are separated in
> the third dimension. The Trojans, on the other hand, spend the entire
> time in or very close to the orbital path of Jupiter.
>
> dow
On the other hand, Ceres should be granted planet status due to its
vast difference from the surrounding asteroids.
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