from astronomers. The IAU has stated that there are eight known planets in the Solar System. It has been argued that the definition is problematic because...
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Source: "IAU 2006 General Assembly: Resolutions 5 and 6" (PDF). IAU. August 24, 2006. Retrieved June 23, 2009. The definition of the term planet has changed...
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Charon be reclassified as a double planet, but the proposal was abandoned in favor of the current IAU definition of planet. Other trans-Neptunian systems...
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formal definition of a planet that was proposed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006. According to IAU definition of planet, a planet...
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the IAU. Alan Stern, the director of NASA's mission to Pluto, rejects the current IAU definition of planet, both in terms of defining dwarf planets as...
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A pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock. Pluton may also refer to: A proposed IAU definition of planet rejected in favour of plutoid French ship...
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Twelfth planet may refer to: The 12th Planet, a pseudoscience book by Zecharia Sitchin 12th Planet (musician), an American dubstep producer and DJ IAU definition...
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System. Under the IAU definition, true or "major planets" can be distinguished from other planetary-mass objects (PMOs), such as dwarf planets and sub-brown...
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are eight official planets in the Solar System per the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which has also established a definition for exoplanets. Several...
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number of dwarf planets may be much lower, perhaps only nine among bodies known so far. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines dwarf planets as...
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