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jasonlane:
Pluto has an atmosphere, asteroids don't. Just though I'd throw that in  :D

Stryker:

quote:Originally posted by Zardoz:
Pluto has an atmosphere, asteroids don't. Just though I'd throw that in   :D  
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I wasn't aware that an atmosphere was required for planets.

jasonlane:

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:


I wasn't aware that an atmosphere was required for planets.
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I didn't say that did I, I just said Pluto has an atmosphere. Asteroids don't. So it seems to me that if the American Museum of Natural History is saying that it isn't....Well do they need the publicity???

Of course Plutos is planet. ask NASA

  ;)

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

TheQuirk:
Actually, Pluto has a "temporary" atmosphere. It forms when it's close (well, by its standards) to the sun, causing some of its ice to melt. When it moves away from the sun, it doesn't have enough gravitational pull to hold onto its atmosphere, and it basically "floats away".

Laukev7:
Not only planets have atmospheres. In fact, some satellites like Io and Europa have volcanic activity. It is even speculated that there might be primitive life forms on Europa (no offence to Europeans   :D  )

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