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| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Its not a planet, just a large mass of rocks, about half the size of Pluto. If the discovery of this mass weakens the fact that Pluto is a planet, then this isn't one. |
I heard this too. Quaoar lies in the Kuiper belt, which is where most of the comets come from. Likely not a 'planet' but it is an orbiting satelite of our sun.
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