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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoWell, yeah. But even so, it’s still better than the current definition. Many “planets” have not, in fact, cleared their orbit.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoPlanet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a “planet”. Ceres was a “planet”. When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like “asteroid” or “dwarf planet” or “gas giant”.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoI don’t think the sun is in orbit around the sun.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThat’s very heliocentric of you. The definition of ‘planet’ has changed a lot in the last few millennia.
Well, yeah. But even so, it’s still better than the current definition. Many “planets” have not, in fact, cleared their orbit.
Planet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a “planet”. Ceres was a “planet”.
When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like “asteroid” or “dwarf planet” or “gas giant”.
I don’t think the sun is in orbit around the sun.
That’s very heliocentric of you.
The definition of ‘planet’ has changed a lot in the last few millennia.