[extropy-chat] Our Solar System Planets

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 01:10:11PM +0200, Amara Graps wrote:

>       -Charon now a planet (not a satellite; barycenter is in free space)

I don't understand the barycenter in free space issue -- since Jupiter/Sun
barycenter is outside the Sun Jupiter doesn't orbit the Sun, and is thus
not a planet? Planet, shmanet, this is a really arbitrary classification
criterion.

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