Re: Planet Definition Revisited

Richard Jarnagin wrote:
Planet definition -- Just use mass with Pluto as the standard. Throw in the
barycenter stipulation to define satellites. Simple?

Simple yet arbitrary. Of course, I also feel that way about the
proposed IAU definition, except that that one is a bit less simple, and
also less arbitrary.

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