The definitions of a planet:
# It needs to be in orbit around the Sun
Check. Pluto does orbit the sun.
# It needs to have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape.
Yep, this works too.
# It needs to have "cleared the neighborhood" of its orbit.
Oh dear. Has Pluto done this? Nope, not by a long shot. Neither have Ceres or Eris, for that matter.
What does "cleared its neighborhood" actually mean? As planets form, they must become the dominant gravitational body in their orbit in the Solar System. As they interact with other, smaller objects, they will either "consume" them, or sling them away.
Pluto is only 0.07 times the mass of the other objects in its orbit. The Earth, in comparison, has 1.7 million times the mass of the other objects in its orbit.
Any object that doesn't meet this 3rd criteria is considered a dwarf
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nix001 (Golden Rainbow)
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And the next thing the Scottish Labour party will do now that it has done as much as it can do to complete what it set out to do before it got thrown out of England will be to make it as unappealing to become an English MP as possible.
Thank God for the credit crunch. That's all I can say.
Saved by a bigger problem.
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DeathBeforeDishonor (White Giant)
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Just Figured I would say I am a hillbilly from Southern Missiouri,yeahawww.
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Well well well. One of the conditions of Scotland gaining devolution was the agreement and statement that it would be not in the interest of Scotland to become independent. Guess what I watched the other month? LOL the BBC parliamentary program. And guess what i witnessed? LOL the Scottish parliament voting on whether it IS in the interest of Scotland to become independent. The I's got it and the Statement was changed.
Did I see one mention of it in the main stream news? Nope.
Hey whats the betting Scotland will get Independence and leave England with the debt of the UK?
"Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 04:19 pm
Hey - i'm from Telford in Shropshire....."
Well, looks like I started this thread on my old account!
5 years later and I'm now living in Wolverhampton
Still a bleeding northerner then :p
You still a limp wristed, shandy drinking southener then Cockney?!?!?! ;)
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James the Fair
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Yep, with twice the income and twice the life expectancy. 8D