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M51DPS:
Okay, but can't it still be considered a large comet with a far orbit? Either way, I'm not calling it a planet. Therefor it no longer is, according to your reasoning. Consider yourself tied and gagged. Hey, i'm also only three posts from having 150!
[ July 19, 2003: Message edited by: M51DPS ]
Laukev7:
mmmmm... mmmmmmfff...
(should have been careful for what I wished for)
By the way, I'm a ventriloquist*, so you'll just have to endure more of my soporific scientific chatter anyway.
* Not really.
Anyway, comets, contrarily to planets, have much more erratic orbits than Pluto, and, by definition, are followed by a long tail of dust. Also, they travel at much higher velocities than planets. Therefore, Pluto cannot be a comet, even though they are, like the former, mainly composed of ice.
Oh, and you alone cannot determine whether Pluto should be called an asteroid or a planet or a comet. The choice have to be agreed upon a majority of experts in the domain, and the definition attributed to the name has to correspond to the characteristics of the object, and vice versa. ;)
M51DPS:
Still, any tails of dust would be pretty much impossible to detect because pluto is so far away. But I guess you were right.
jasonlane:
I'd hate to live on Pluto, a year is equivallent to 248 earth years and a day lasts 6 earth days. Plus is friggin frezzing -233
Laukev7:
But, on the other hand, imagine the long vacations you would get!
*runs away in cover*
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