cm0002@europe.pub to Space@mander.xyz · 2 days agoA newly found world blurs the boundary between planet and moonwww.sciencenews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up143
arrow-up143external-linkA newly found world blurs the boundary between planet and moonwww.sciencenews.orgcm0002@europe.pub to Space@mander.xyz · 2 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-224 hours agoOur classification is pretty straightforward - be big enough to be a sphere, big enough to dominate your orbit, be in orbit around the star Too small to own the orbit? Dwarf planet In orbit around a planet? Moon This one orbits a star, it’s a planet
Our classification is pretty straightforward - be big enough to be a sphere, big enough to dominate your orbit, be in orbit around the star
Too small to own the orbit? Dwarf planet
In orbit around a planet? Moon
This one orbits a star, it’s a planet