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Old 24-08-2006, 11:30 AM
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IAU have gone too far!!!

all this debate on new planets and definitions has reached the stage of craziness!
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Eventually, if Earth and its Moon survive long enough, the Moon will have to be reclassified as a planet, said Gregory Laughlin, an extrasolar planet researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
now the IAU are saying that it is posible that our very own moon could become a planet in its own right! whats with?

read on:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...on_planet.html
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