tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post1131666283236992052..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Mars- Dwarf planet until death?C W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-65084757426057000722008-08-19T01:19:00.000+10:002008-08-19T01:19:00.000+10:00You make an interesting argument to the planet deb...You make an interesting argument to the planet debate. However, I think I have a counter-argument: a planet need not have cleared its orbit completely, but only be the "absolutely dominant" object in it. (Otherwise Neptune would not be a planet, since it shares its orbit with Pluto and many asteroids.) Even if you put Mars into the present-time asteroid belt, it would still be the dominant objectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com