I thought there have 5 or 6 objects classified as minor planets. Sent from my iPad
On Jul 20, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@digis.net> wrote:
Time to give the deceased equine a rest.
Maybe we could start an discussion about at what point does a rock become a minor planet?
patrick :)
On 20 Jul 2015, at 15:01, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
A much stronger argument about it is that Pluto may be a great deal like other Kuiper Belt objects, and we can't have dozens of small objects identified as planets.
From: "baxman2@q.com" <baxman2@q.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto Planet Status
I would personally favor Pluto being returned to official Planet status for the following reasons. It is spherical, has five months, and surface geological activity. The only argument against it, is Pluto's size being smaller than Earth's Moon, making it somewhat comparable to a number of known minor planets.
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