Difference between revisions of "Talk:3063: Planet Definitions"
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:Was about to write the same. The coloring in the first two lines arund Pluto seem wrong (or mistankingly switched). --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.222.246|172.71.222.246]] 16:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC) | :Was about to write the same. The coloring in the first two lines arund Pluto seem wrong (or mistankingly switched). --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.222.246|172.71.222.246]] 16:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | This, this is the hill I will die on. I was radicalised by this paper: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.15285 Moons Are Planets: "Scientific Usefulness Versus Cultural Teleology in the Taxonomy of Planetary Science"] | |
| − | + | In short; planets are what planetary scientists study. Round things with the *good stuff*: atmospheres, oceans, volcanoes (of lava or water ice) (see diagram page 53). | |
| − | + | Pluto, Titan, Ceres, Io and Europa are all in the sweet spot where you're not so small you're just a lump of rocks who happen to be stuck together into a lump, and not so large you're just a mostly undifferentiated mass of fusing hydrogen/helium plasma. | |
| − | + | And it's consistent with our pre-20th Century understanding of what a planet is. An amazing read and a strong recommend for anyone who cares about this subject. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.138|172.69.79.138]] 16:45, 14 March 2025 (UTC) | |
Revision as of 16:45, 14 March 2025
The one currently posted has Pluto highlighted in the second box and not highlighted in the first box. Too hard to tell if it's trolling or a genuine mistake. :-D
And the first one also has a moon hilighted instead I think?? 162.158.126.5 15:59, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
- Was about to write the same. The coloring in the first two lines arund Pluto seem wrong (or mistankingly switched). --172.71.222.246 16:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
This, this is the hill I will die on. I was radicalised by this paper: Moons Are Planets: "Scientific Usefulness Versus Cultural Teleology in the Taxonomy of Planetary Science" In short; planets are what planetary scientists study. Round things with the *good stuff*: atmospheres, oceans, volcanoes (of lava or water ice) (see diagram page 53). Pluto, Titan, Ceres, Io and Europa are all in the sweet spot where you're not so small you're just a lump of rocks who happen to be stuck together into a lump, and not so large you're just a mostly undifferentiated mass of fusing hydrogen/helium plasma. And it's consistent with our pre-20th Century understanding of what a planet is. An amazing read and a strong recommend for anyone who cares about this subject. 172.69.79.138 16:45, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
