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robertpr · August 24, 2006 4:59AM

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RYK · August 24, 2006 5:03AM

Now, this thread is coin-related.

Shamika · August 24, 2006 5:03AM

OT! OT! OT!

It was long overdue. They've been talking about demoting Pluto for years.

ER · August 24, 2006 5:04AM

Excellent coin forum topic. Well, it's round.

Shamika · August 24, 2006 5:04AM

Shamika · August 24, 2006 5:05AM

Let's keep this coin related.

RYK · August 24, 2006 5:11AM

Do you think they will remove the pluto coin from this set?

robertpr · August 24, 2006 5:13AM

<< <i>Do you think they will remove the pluto coin from this set?

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No, but it's now a dwarf-coin.

Newb · August 24, 2006 5:14AM

RYK · August 24, 2006 5:14AM

Pluto’s 2.6 to 4.6 billion-mile orbit from the Sun is so elliptical that it was actually closer to the Sun than Neptune from 1979 to 1999. With a 17° inclination to the ecliptic (the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun), Pluto’s orbit is the most inclined as well. Because of these anomalies and its extremely small size - 2/3 the size of our Moon – some astronomers believe that Pluto, its moon Charon, and Triton (the largest moon of Neptune) are merely the largest members of the Kuiper Belt. Charon takes its name from the river Styx ferryman who carried the dead to Hades/Pluto. The dead were buried with a coin in their mouth or on their eyelids to pay for the crossing.

This is coin-related, especially for coin dealers.

MAD4MORGANS · August 24, 2006 9:12AM

<< <i> Charon takes its name from the river Styx ferryman who carried the dead to Hades/Pluto. The dead were buried with a coin in their mouth or on their eyelids to pay for the crossing.

This is coin-related, especially for coin dealers.

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