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<DIV>In a message dated 8/16/2006 7:15:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
amara@amara.com writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Mercury<BR>Venus<BR>Earth<BR>Mars<BR>Ceres<BR>Jupiter<BR>Saturn<BR>Uranus<BR>Neptune<BR>Pluto<BR>Charon</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> This is crap! Charon's **not** an independent
planet, any more than Earth's Moon! No matter how big it is, or what it's made
of, if it orbits another larger body other than a star, it ain't no
planet!</DIV>
<DIV> And Ceres?! Pul-leez!</DIV>
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UB313<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV> *This* one makes sense! If it's bigger than Pluto,
when the latter holds that status, what else can it be but a planet?</DIV>
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<DIV>DM</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>