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I'd like to amend my earlier statements on the definition of a planet. Careful study and rational debate are important, so I'd like to float another option that I think might appeal to the more radical astrophiles.
All celestial bodies are planets. Stars are a subcategory of planet which produce light rather than reflecting it.
Human activity has therefore made the Earth into a star.
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If the core of a celestial body isn't undergoing nuclear fusion, and it's orbiting something that is, it's a planet. Yes that includes Pluto. And Ceres, and Makemake, and many other Kuiper belt objects and so-called "asteroids" yet to be characterized. There are millions of bodies in orbit around our home star and we do them and ourselves a great disservice by only recognizing eight.
i'm deeply sorry, this was intended to be a private message. i'm leaving it up as a monument to my ignorance.
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