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Originally Posted by Poita
I know the differences, and that a Gas giant is in no way a 'star', I just think that the differences are just as profound between a nice hard crusty planet like earth, and a gas giant like Jupiter, having them both named planets is a pretty wide definition.
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The thing at the core of this issue/discussion is the diversity within the categories of 'Star' and 'Planet'.
We are only just beginning to scratch the surface and the more we discover outside of our own Solar System, the more the definitions will be stretched.
The categories have worked well up until now and I suspect it is our naivety about what exists beyond our measurement technologies that has gotten us this far.
Cheers