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Originally Posted by barx1963
Also, the definition of planets has changed before, back in the early 1800s the first asteroids (Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno) were initially regarded as planets but as more and more similar objects were found the consensus emerged to define them as asteroids. This decision is simply continuing that tradition.
Malcolm
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This is my point Pluto is no asteroid it has 5 moons it has gravitational control in its region it is spherical no planet has completely cleared its orbit so lets just say there are no planets because strict application of the new rule does just this to me this is just as silly as saying that Pluto isn't a planet. How many objects truly similar to Pluto are there I haven't heard of any objects out there with moons like Pluto?