[meteorite-list] OT: HOW MANY PLANETS?

[Darren Garrison]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:14:22 EDT, MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

>If Earth were catapulted into the Kuiper Belt would it cease being a  planet? 

An even better question (IMHO) is-- if a KBO were to be brought in to 1 AU, would it still be
concidered a planet?  What about a few years later when half (give or take) of it had sublimated
away and left nothing but a ring of rubble?