Awatmath.1633 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton Wed Feb 3 16:05:16 1982 Re: New Saturnian Moons I am confused. Does anyone know the definition used to state that some body orbiting a planet is a *moon*? Especially with Saturn and the rings, there must be a lot of orbiting debris. When does debris in orbit get dignified with the label *moon*? ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.