Yes, that is certainly correct. However, with "planets" it's a somewhat arbitrarily picked size, unlike as was pointed out - for example, a natural physical "unit" that something must be so massive before it can sustain nuclear fusion - giving it the designation of a star. So, even though - large Kuiper belt object may be the correct category - romantically & nostalgically - it will still always be a planet for me. Either that - or a large animated dog. <g> -----Original Message----- Dale Hooper wrote:

I'll always consider Pluto a planet - because, for me, it always has been.

True, but then for millennia we "knew" we lived in a geocentric solar system. 'Course, back then if you spoke out too loudly about a heliocentric system you got burned at the stake... Nowadays if you say Pluto's not a planet you only get roasted. Personally, I'm just waiting for the day when they find a TNO that's just slightly bigger than Pluto. It'll be interesting to see if they call it a planet. Patrick