Renobulus writes: "The BBC has this story about a giant asteroid orbiting near Pluto. This article also talks about Pluto's role as a planet in our solar system. This asteroid could help prove scientists belief that Pluto is only a minor planet."
This rock is just like Pluto
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Enigma2175
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Sounds like it is another asteroid in solar orbit, just like Pluto. Pluto happens to be orbiting another asteroid much like itself. Many people mistake this for a moon. Don't be fooled, Pluto is not big enough to be a planet. Might as well call Ceres a planet, and while we are at it all the moons of Jupiter and Saturn should be called planets too, they are much bigger than Pluto.
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Sounds like it is another asteroid in solar orbit, just like Pluto. Pluto happens to be orbiting another asteroid much like itself. Many people mistake this for a moon. Don't be fooled, Pluto is not big enough to be a planet. Might as well call Ceres a planet, and while we are at it all the moons of Jupiter and Saturn should be called planets too, they are much bigger than Pluto.
Enigma