I will be writing more later about the planet definition debate heating up again, thanks to a paper published in the journal Icarus explaining why the IAU planet definition is based on astrology and folklore. For now, New York Times Science writer Ken Chang is holding an active poll in an article he wrote today, not just about Pluto's planet status but on the geophysical planet definition. Too many people have responded in favor of just a nine-planet solar system as opposed to one based on the geophysical defintiion, in which Eris, all dwarf planets, and spherical moons are counted as planets. Please visit the article and answer all the questions in support of the geophysical definition. This is not just about Pluto!
Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/science/is-pluto-a-planet.html?smid=tw-share
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