Re: Planet Definition revised

Widget wrote:

I think this entire IAU meeting is sheer nonsense and a complete waste of
time. Why don't they just *define* the current 9 planets as such and stop
haggling about whether our solor system has 8,9,11 or hundreds of planets.

Because our solar system has ten planets. At least.

No one definition will satisfy everyone but it's perfectly reasonable to
stick to the current definition of things for historical reasons.

But 'roundness does separate the big guys from the little guys.

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