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New evidence found for Planet 9 (phys.org)

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[–] sorghum -5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, it's easy.

Pluto is a planet.

See? Not that hard.

Edit: My bad, I thought I was in [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

But then why isn‘t Ceres also a Planet? Or Eris? Or Quaoar? Or any of the other objects classified as dwarf planets

The answer is easy: Besides their size, they all behave very differently from the actual Planets. Doesn’t mean they’re any less important, they’re just something slightly different.