xkcd #3063: Planet Definitions (xkcd.com)

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Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

https://explainxkcd.com/3063/

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[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

You said the Earth’s skies and oceans would be the same

No, that's not what I was saying, at all.

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