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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

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?

[-] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks 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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