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planet of the Sun

solar planet (a celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass so that it assumes a nearly round shape and has "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit)

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Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, …
Mercury, Neptune, Uranus
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object, celestial body, spheroid, inanimate object, physical object, …
object with a mass, object with a geographical location, visible object, object classified by physical property, individual object, round physical object, nonstellar astronomical body, round object, astronomical object, planet
Types: exoplanet
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000002d97f"
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rvVjRL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Planet
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/05qc_"
Distinct From: dwarf planet, library, organisation, geographical area

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Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the long term Pluto's orbit is in fact chaotic. While computer simulations ... for a conference that included back-to-back talks on the current IAU definition of a planet. Entitled ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

IAU definition of planet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because a new planet is discovered infrequently, the IAU did not have any machinery for their definition and ... Besides the fact that most members do not attend the General Assemblies ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_definition_of_planet

Facts about Dwarf Planets

Interesting Facts The International Astronomical Union (IAU), defines a dwarf planet as a celestial body that orbits the Sun. It is further defined to be massive enough to use its ...

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-dwarf-planets.html

Q&A about planets | IAU

Q: Is Pluto a planet? A: Yes. In fact, Pluto’s large companion named Charon is also large enough ... IAU planet category . Descriptive category . Unofficial mean diameter estimate (1)

http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0601/q_answers/

Pluto l Pluto facts, pictures and information.

In fact, we now know that there are a very large number of small objects in ... the debate about Pluto's status from the IAU Pluto, the Ninth Planet from Mark Buie (Mr. Pluto)

http://nineplanets.org/pluto.html

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