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Hello there.
It you class it as a planet you can have to do it for all the others
And who wants to memorize more than eight or nine planets.
new planet definition is dumb and i don’t subscribe to it. pluto is always a planet as far as im concerned
Then you must accept at least 5 more and up to a couple hundred. Are you prepared?
the more the merrier
Then the most important question is: What mnemonic do you use to remember them all?
mee vee eee mee jee see uee nee pee
You missed at least Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.
The stupidest consequence of the definition is not the classification of Pluto, but that there are only eight planets in the entire universe.
a planet is a celestial body that:
- is in orbit around the Sun
*a sun
No. I copied and pasted that. The definition says ‘the Sun’. There was a proposal to classify ‘exoplanets’ but the IAU never accepted it, and so those large masses orbiting other stars remain undefined.
Only USA people are arguing against it be cause of national pride, it’s the “planet” they had discovered. Among astronomers the consensus is established.
What a weird take.
You overestimate how many of us even know that. It was probably mentioned in school I guess, but this is the first I remember hearing it. I did do kindergarten to 2nd grade in a different country though.
Why do you think you were taught about it? What you learn at school is heavily influenced by the “national myth”. It’s most visible in your history lessons, but science is also impacted, it will be biased towards your culture’s scientists and discoveries. I am observing that in Europe too, I’m not saying the USA are worse on that.