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Sad Ganymede noises (mander.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

I'd agree with you but the definition is arbitrary and is not of Natural Kind. Even worse, instead of making the definition of a planet more clear it just makes the determining what is a planet more difficult.

Honestly, if they just went with defining 'Major Planets', 'Minor Planets', and asteroids determined by mass and spherical shape, I think everyone would've moved on by now.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    it just makes the determining what is a planet more difficult.

    If this is true, then please tell me what totally non-arbitrary reason there was for Ceres to not be universally considered a planet?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    I'm not sure what you mean. It should be a planet by the definition I gave before unless I didn't convey what I was trying to say correctly. It's definitely large, heavy, and spherical enough to be a planet in my opinion.

    There's tons of different sized objects in our solar system and it's distinguishable enough to qualify in this one.

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