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Re: Should Pluto Get Its Planethood Back?

by mr_mischief (Monsignor)
on Mar 30, 2017 at 17:35 UTC ( [id://1186521]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Should Pluto Get Its Planethood Back?

I propose a middle ground. Let's have "planets" include "dwarf planets". We can have "major planets" and "dwarf planets" and call them all "planets" when there's no reason to distinguish between the two.

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Re^2: Should Pluto Get Its Planethood Back?
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 31, 2017 at 13:11 UTC

    We can have "major planets" and "dwarf planets" and call them all "planets" when there's no reason to distinguish between the two.

    Wow! That's actually a great idea.

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