[meteorite-list] OT: HOW MANY PLANETS?

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 19:36:27 2005
Message-ID: <g2l2f19hv34kr33nuu6au75vqlo6v40dbk_at_4ax.com>

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:14:22 EDT, MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:

>If Earth were catapulted into the Kuiper Belt would it cease being a planet?

An even better question (IMHO) is-- if a KBO were to be brought in to 1 AU, would it still be
concidered a planet? What about a few years later when half (give or take) of it had sublimated
away and left nothing but a ring of rubble?
Received on Wed 03 Aug 2005 07:37:19 PM PDT