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Old 23-05-2008, 01:36 PM
Ian Robinson
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Titan has an atmosphere , and it's big too (> 5100km diam and is bigger than Mercury) , so although it orbits Saturn , I think it should be classed as a captured planet.

The larger Jovian moons maybe too (especially the ones with atmospheres and oceans).

It would likely be called a planet if it was in it's own orbit about the sun.
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