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The flip side is the IAU came up with a definition that only allows 8 planets in the universe and ceased to be relevant for a common sense definition of planet
by LanceH 8y ago
The flip side is the IAU came up with a definition that only allows 8 planets in the universe and ceased to be relevant for a common sense definition of planet which existed well before they did.
- zipwitch 8y agoThere are a lot of things out there that orbit stars, and it increasingly looks like just one, or even a handful, of formal definitions are going to be inadequate, even for our own solar system. We need a detailed and extensive classification system.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_planet_classification https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_planet_classificat...