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Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake? (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

Pluto is real. The only problem with it -- it being in the garbage belt and not in a separate orbit. Or is there something else?

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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 23 hours ago (1 child)

Well, forged coins are also "real". They can be identical to authentic coins but still be counterfeit.

Position very much matters to planets or else large moons would be planets.

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 23 hours ago

Just link planets to the star and there won't be any problems with "large moons".

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