• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I’d be happy with:

    Pluto = planet

    Anything smaller than Pluto ≠ planet

    Nine planets. Now with clear non-stupid rules.

    • Semjeza@fedinsfw.app
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      38 minutes ago

      The arbitrary cutoff size being to ensure continuity of the scientific consensus in popular awareness when I was a child isn’t a stupid rule.

      Not even when a larger kuiper belt object is found.

      Not even, when since mass is the primary means of estimating size until we fly a probe out there, we estimate a smaller but much with much more mass object to be larger and we debate a 10th planet yet again.