Planet
Planet For other uses, see Planet (disambiguation). A planet is generally considered to be a relatively ... our solar system. However, since the term "planet" has no precise scientific definition, many astronomers ... collide, either to form a single larger planet or release material for other larger ...
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Planet   (translated from French)
Planet For the homonymous articles, to see Planet (homonymy). One planet is one celestial body spherical revolving around ... Synopsis Etymology and first observations The word planet the word originates in latin planeta, itself ... question of the definition of the term "planet gave". Some want to take from ...
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Talk:Definition of planet
Talk:Definition of planet Improvements After having been working on the Planet article on and off for a long ... there is a much better "definition of planet" section there than here. If somebody could ... here; it's just arranged differently. The "planet" subsection begins by mentioning the debate (still ... consensus they were arriving at was: "A planet is a body that directly orbits ...
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Definition of planet
Definition of planet Although planets are the principal component of ... a single, precise definition for the word "planet." When originally coined by the ancient Greeks, a planet was any object that appeared to wander ... need for an exact classification of a planet and so the sun and moon could ... is much disagreement between current definitions of "planet", most focus on three general criteria: ...
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Talk:Planet
Talk:Planet Pluto decision. Hasn't the issue of ... working body about the definition of the planet by November. TJM The IAU did issue ... the working group on definition of a planet, but only in the context of whether Xena should be considered a planet or not. Despite the comment in the ... Pluto might lose its status as a planet, one certainly doesn't get that ...
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Talk:2003 UB313/Archive 1
... is most likely somewhat larger than the planet" to something like "As most TNOs have ... is most likely somewhat larger than the planet". But your mention of Pluto's atmosphere ... 2005 (UTC) I doubt that this new planet could have an atmosphere. Pluto only has ... Jyril 11:10, July 31, 2005 (UTC) Planet Lila? The Caltech web page says "We ... that the title of the page is "Planet Lila", and the image on the ...
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Talk:Asteroid
... naming convention in the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names by Lutz D. Schmadel and on the website of the Minor Planet Center (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau ... Johnson Quaoar If Quaoar is a minor planet (in the Kuiper Belt), shouldn't it be listed above Ceres in the table of largest asteroids? -- hike395 ... all semantics, some say Quaoar is a planet, others say its a planetesimal, others ...
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List of astronomical topics
... WikiProject Constellations, and WikiProject Telescopes. 0–9 1 Ceres 1P/Halley 1st High Energy Astrophysics Observatory ... Binoculars BL Lac object Black body Black dwarf Black hole Black hole thermodynamics Black holes ... s Cluster Broglie, Louis-Victor de Brown dwarf Brown, Michael E. Brown, Robert Hanbury Bruce ... constellation) Canes Venatici Canis Major Canis Major (dwarf galaxy) Canis Minor Cannon, Annie Canopus Canopus ... Duncan, Robert Dusk Dust Dutch Open Telescope Dwarf elliptical galaxy Dwarf galaxy Dwarf spheroidal ...
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User:Curps/Sandbox3
... 1999 KW4 19P/Borrelly 1P/Halley 1 Ceres 1 E12 s 20000 Varuna 2001 in ... Mars Canals on Mars Cangzhou Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy Cannonization Canopus (star) Cantor (crater) Cantor ... Berryman Dorrit Hoffleit Double acute accent Double planet Douglass (crater) Down-low Downblouse Doyle Dr ... Play (Dive EP) Extensor digiti minimi Extrasolar planet Extraterrestrial skies Exxon Valdez oil spill Eye ... Julius Schmidt Jupiter's natural satellites Jupiter (planet) Jupiter (planet) for Bea Jupiter Icy ...
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Timeline of astronomy
... its center, with Earth as just one planet orbiting it. However, there were only a ... also explains Satern's appearance, suggesting the planet is surround by a thin ring. 1663 ... 1781 Amateur astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, although he at first mistakes it ... for a comet. Uranus is the first planet to be discovered beyond Saturn, which was thought to be the most distant planet in ancient times. 1784 Charles Messier ...
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