Re: Likeliness of Pluto discovery

tholen_at_antispam.ham
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:59:07 GMT

bigbomber@socal.rr.com writes:

> Bob Kolker wrote:

>> The classification of Pluto as a planet was probably a mistake

> I disagree. The way I see it, if it's round and orbits the Sun, it's a
> planet! And if that means classifying other objects in the solar
> system as planets (like Quaoar), then so be it.

Quaoar is already classified as a planet. A minor planet. At issue
is the dividing line between major and minor planet. I wonder how
many people argue over the dividing line between stream and river,
rock and boulder, town and city.

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