Experts meet to decide Pluto fate, Finally we'll know what a 'planet' is... |
Experts meet to decide Pluto fate, Finally we'll know what a 'planet' is... |
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The barycenter criterion may become handy in the case of a binary where both similar-sized components would qualify as planets (otherwise it wouldn't be clear which one is the planet and which one is the satellite).
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