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« on: October 07, 2007, 08:36:56 AM »

Dwarf planests may be a compromise.

Eris (formerly UB₃₁₃) is the largest dwarf planet, Pluto is the second and apparently Ceres the third.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet

So presumably, anything larger than Ceres will be considered a dwarf planet.


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