Thanks for that link to Dr. Brown's comments.<br />I feel better now <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> Since he would give up the title of most prolific "planet" discoverer ever, to me his opinion has even more weight.<br />Pluto always was a tiny rock/ice ball in an eccentric orbit, highly inclined to the planets. That was enough for me to clearly differentiate between the planets and the tinier rubble. ie KBO's. The fact that Charon was discovered really doesn't change that, in fact I would suspect that we will discover many more twin (and more) KBO's in the next few decades. It's an exciting time as we begin to flesh out the contents of the SS.<br />The more KBO's we discover, the more I think we will see that Pluto belongs to that population, not the planets.<br />Of course, if we discover 5 earth size objects in eccentric highly inclined orbits, maybe my opinion will change, if I live that long!<br /><br />MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>