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From: Dale.Amon@FAS.RI.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Charon
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 02:37:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 02:37:49 1986
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CHIRON is most definitely NOT a tenth planet. It is a fairly modest
asteroid, and I believe the orbit is not felt to be stable because of
resonances with the gas giants.

CHARON is the satellite of Pluto (ie the lord of the underworld and his
boatman)