[LMB] authors goofs that bug me

[ANDREW BARTON]

"Jo'Asia" <joasia at fandom.art.pl>:
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> BTW, how do any planetary survey determines where is the Prime
Meridian on a newly discovered planet...? :) <

  It's an arbitrary choice, just as that of Earth was.  The Prime Meridians of other planets in the solar system are chosen by a working group of the International Astronomical Union (see www.iau.org).  The IAU is probably best known for its recent redefinition of the term 'planet' to exclude Pluto.
   
  Andrew