> If Pluto crosses the orbit of Neptune (which it does) > then one has to ask if Neptune is a planet since it > hasn't cleared its orbit of debris. Surely Pluto > counts as pretty significant debris if we're stll > asking whether it's a planet or not!? >
While Pluto's orbit appears to overlaps Neptune's orbit when viewed above the ecliptic plane, their orbits don't actually intersect. Also, since Pluto is in 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune, the two bodies never get close to each other either. Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
