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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Don't take Mercury for granted.

This is how we lost Pluto to the "well ackchually" gang.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Planet is just not a very useful distinction. Like, Mercury, Mars, Ceres and Ganymede have more in common with each other than Jupiter or Neptune.

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[–] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Can't have cleared your orbit around the sun if you don't orbit the sun.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Don't read into the mythos of Ganymede or any of Jupiter's moons fwiw.

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