So Pluto Isn't a Planet . . .

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  1. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Ope, Techforge, Zombie, you got warnin's comin'.
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  2. Zombie

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    Worth it..... :bailey:
  3. Bickendan

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    What the fuck?

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  4. Dayton Kitchens

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    Like I've said, I do not know how you can say that Pluto has not cleared its neighborhood of other planetary bodies.

    Take Earth. Our closest planetary neighbor is Venus at what? About 27 million miles at closest approach.

    Does any other body of significant mass come within 27 million miles of Pluto on any kind of regular basis?

    If not then Pluto should be left as is.
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  5. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Forget all this bit about clearing orbits and other nonsense. Pluto isn't a planet because it's a tiny piece of shit like dozens of other tiny pieces of shit. If it's smaller than our moon, it has no business being a planet.
  6. Dayton Kitchens

    Dayton Kitchens Banned

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    Mercury and Mars are smaller than Ganymede IIRC. Why are they planets?

    Mercury is small with no atmosphere and no moons.
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  7. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I said our Moon, not one of Jupiter's moons.
  8. Dayton Kitchens

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    Our moon is the largest in proportion to its planet than any in the solar system.

    Aside from you guessed it....Charon, the largest moon of Pluto.
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  9. Dinner

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    Is it really a moon if the center of mass isn't even on the proto-planet? Wouldn't it be more like a multi-binary system of large asteroids?