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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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is really really frustrating to me, very unlike Randal.

What's worse is he's got Neptune's moon highlighted in the first row

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