The REAL Reason Asteroids Aren't Planets
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Jan 22, 2026 18:16
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This video is about the interesting and often-misunderstood story of the asteroids, and how they lost their planet-hood status; more recently than you may think!
REFERENCES
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103518303063
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.39.12.1159
- https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/~mjelline/453website/eosc453/E_prints/newfer010/asphaug_asteroids_AR09.pdf
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