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Friday, January 23, 2009

Definition of a planet or "how pluto lost it's status"

New definition of a planet:
  1. Has sufficient mass to contract to a sphere.
  2. Orbits a sun.
  3. Has cleared material in it's orbit.
And so:
  • Inner rocky planets:
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. 
  • Gas giants:
    Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
  • Dwarf planets and the Kuiper belt
    Pluto, Ares, Kuiper-Oort, etc.