[extropy-chat] Our Solar System Planets

[Darthmencken at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/2006 7:15:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
amara at amara.com writes:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Ceres
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Charon
    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!
    And Ceres?! Pul-leez!


2003  UB313


*This* one makes sense! If it's bigger than Pluto,  when the latter holds 
that status, what else can it be but a planet?
 
DM
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