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Old 08-16-2006
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Hmmm... further on in the announcement article, they list Pluto's moon Charon as a Planet (Pluton), and yet they clearly state (in their proposed definition of a planet) that a planet cannot be any body that is a satellite of a planet. Perhaps this is because Pluto and Charon are a kind of "double planet" in that they both orbit around a point that is not at the center of Pluto? Or is the listing of Charon just a typo or some other mistake in the announcment?
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