Comments on: Pluto’s Obit http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/08/30/plutos-obit/ You get what everyone else gets - you get a lifetime Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: DhammaSeeker http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/08/30/plutos-obit/#comment-120 DhammaSeeker Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:03:38 +0000 http://dhammaseeker.com/archives/273#comment-120 <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060824_planet_definition.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060824_planet_definition.html</a> <blockquote>Pluto and its moon Charon ... now get demoted because they are part of a sea of other objects that occupy the same region of space. Earth and the other eight large planets have, on the other hand, cleared broad swaths of space of any other large objects.</blockquote> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060824_planet_definition.html

Pluto and its moon Charon … now get demoted because they are part of a sea of other objects that occupy the same region of space. Earth and the other eight large planets have, on the other hand, cleared broad swaths of space of any other large objects.

]]> By: Ben http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/08/30/plutos-obit/#comment-119 Ben Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:38:19 +0000 http://dhammaseeker.com/archives/273#comment-119 I've read it a few times and I still don't get it... what does it mean when a planet does not clear the neighbourhood around its orbit? I’ve read it a few times and I still don’t get it… what does it mean when a planet does not clear the neighbourhood around its orbit?

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