ASK THE GLOBE

From: The Boston Globe | Date: February 5, 1990 | Copyright information

Q. Triton, one of the planet Neptune's moons, with a diameter of 3,000 miles, is about twice as big as the planet Pluto. Why, then, is Triton not considered a planet? J.K., Natick

A. Alan MacRobert, associate editor of Sky & Telescope magazine, says size alone does not determine an object's classification in the solar system. Rather, it is the object around which it r...

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