Showing posts with label solar system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solar system. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Planet Definition


Although there is no set scientific definition for planet (from the Greek planetes “wanderers”), as a rule of thumb, a planet: 1) must directly orbit a star or an object that has nuclear fusion; 2) must be small enough that it has not undergone internal nuclear fusion (ie, it is not a star or starlike object); and 3) must be large enough that its self-gravity gives it the general shape of a sphere.
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004425.html

There it's easy! One that most people can understand. So please astronomers go home or discuss something else!


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