But what about Neptune?

I was thinking about yesterday’s post about Pluto. The main reason it doesn’t qualify to be a planet is that it doesn’t “clear the neighborhood around its orbit.” Pluto’s oblong orbit overlaps Neptunes.

Now here’s the question: If Pluto overlaps Neptune’s orbit, doesn’t that, in turn, mean that Neptune overlaps Pluto’s? Who says Pluto overlaps Neptune’s and not the other way around. Shouldn’t the aforementioned rule disqualify both planets then? Apparently, Neptune didn’t “clear the neighborhood around its orbit” either, or Pluto would’ve been banished to it’s own orbit.

Come on guys, it’s the law of syllogism (or something like that). Someone answer this for me.

Tagged: Neptune, Pluto, Planets, Astronomy, Law of Syllogism