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  • Re: other Pluto

    Hi Sarah, The number of moons that a planet has does not affect whether or not it is classified as a major or minor/dwarf planet, according to the current definitions. If the number of moons that planet has was the only factor in deciding which planets were major or minor, then tiny Pluto would be a...
    Posted to Other (Forum) by Kris Sigsbee on 10-19-2011

  • Re: pluto debate

    Hi Sylvia, The number of moons doesn’t change the new status of Pluto as a dwarf planet. International Astronomical Union (IAU) set the new definition for a planet in 2006 (you can more e.g from http://astroversity.blogspot.com/2007/07/explained-why-pluto-is-not-planet.html ). Pluto fails the requirement...
    Posted to Other (Forum) by Emilia Kilpua on 03-12-2009
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