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Originally Posted by Brian W
Ok since no one has raised the question I will, assuming it is there and it is not a Brown Dwarf; what will it be categorised as?
Certainly does -not- fit the definition of a planet in our solar system.
Brian
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It's a planet, pure and simple. No need to go into all these subcategories and defining nonsense, just because a
few astronomers want to get complicated about things.
That's precisely why Pluto was demoted in the first place and why their definition of what a planet is, is virtually unworkable. It was only decided upon by 4% of the astronomers that were at the conference, most had left by the time the vote was taken.
It orbits our star, it's large (over 1000kms), self gravitating, has undergone hydrostatic equilibrium (i.e. it's a sphere)....it's a planet.