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Old 16-04-2007, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ving View Post
we just do not know enough about our own system and other systems to be able to properly say yes it is or no it isnt. it was called a planet and so it should remain till we can more properly discover what else there is out there to compare it to.
thousands or even millions of textbooks are now wrong and the IAU could be found to be wrong due to thier lack of knowledge.
is a ball of gas really a planet?
I think thats the point of the re-catagorisaton..... We already have:

Terrestial Planets
Gas Giant Planets
Ice Giant Planets
Dwarf Planets
and the Old Minor Planets

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