Pro to Lemmy Be [email protected]English • 1 month agoBe like Pluto.programming.devimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1917
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 month agoPlanet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a “planet”. Ceres was a “planet”. When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like “asteroid” or “dwarf planet” or “gas giant”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-21 month agoThat’s very heliocentric of you. The definition of ‘planet’ has changed a lot in the last few millennia.
Planet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a “planet”. Ceres was a “planet”.
When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like “asteroid” or “dwarf planet” or “gas giant”.
I don’t think the sun is in orbit around the sun.
That’s very heliocentric of you.
The definition of ‘planet’ has changed a lot in the last few millennia.