An Argument The Moon is a PLANET!
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Dec 22, 2025 18:24
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This video is about how the International Astronomical Union's definition for a planet is flawed, even if you take it at face value! The moon almost counts as a planet according to their definition, even though they don't want it to...
REFERENCES
MinutePhysics video about the moon's orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcxuM-qXec
IAU 2006 Resolutions: https://iauarchive.eso.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau0603/
Paper arguing moon satisfies IAU criteria: https://doi.org/10.4236/ijaa.2017.74024
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4edd
BEST paper about planet definition history: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114768
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1539299600013289
IAU exoplanet working definition: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1539299600013289
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