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minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoCeres is the issue. People are pissed that they learnt the list of planets and now it’s different, but don’t realise the only viable options were to either drop the last one or add a bunch of them, some right in the middle.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoAnd if Ceres is a planet, shouldn’t Eris be one too?
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoExactly. It would get real messy.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhat is argument for Ceres and Eris being planets?
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLarge round bodies orbiting the sun.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHydrostatic equilibrium. Their gravity is enough to pull their mass into a sphere-ish shape. Contrast to asteroids that are irregular.
Ceres is the issue. People are pissed that they learnt the list of planets and now it’s different, but don’t realise the only viable options were to either drop the last one or add a bunch of them, some right in the middle.
And if Ceres is a planet, shouldn’t Eris be one too?
Exactly. It would get real messy.
What is argument for Ceres and Eris being planets?
The same as for Pluto
Large round bodies orbiting the sun.
Hydrostatic equilibrium. Their gravity is enough to pull their mass into a sphere-ish shape.
Contrast to asteroids that are irregular.