Subj : Re: Mothers Day
To   : boraxman
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon May 29 2023 10:57:00

-=> boraxman wrote to Adept <=-

 bo> Pluto's orbit is a bit irregular in that it crosses the orbit of
 bo> Neptune.  Which other planet has a highly elliptical orbit?

Pluto's is hyperbolic, and crossing Neptune's orbit is suggestive of
Pluto once being a satellite of Neptune. I wonder what it would have
taken to knock a satellite out of whack.

Similarly, Uranus rotates on its axis almost parallel to its orbit,
wonder what could have caused that?





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