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minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 days 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-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·13 days agoI don’t think the sun is in orbit around the sun.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-213 days 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.