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- noun a
planet with amoon large enough to be considered a planet, were the planet not there, having a substantial portion of the system's overall mass. - noun a pair of
planemos in orbit around each other, where thebarycenter of their orbits lies outside of both planemos, which in turn is in orbit about a star. - noun a pair of
planemos in orbit around each other, where thebarycenter of their orbits lies outside of both planemos. - noun a
planemo with amoon large enough to be considered a planemo, having a substantial portion of the system's overall mass.
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