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JOURNAL ARTICLE
WHAT IS A PLANET?
Steven Soter
Scientific American
Vol. 296, No. 1 (JANUARY 2007), pp. 34-41
Published by: Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26069112
Page Count: 8
p3 详细讲了新的definition 可以让Pluto和Eric不符合成为planet 然后好像definition有2个条件 有一个写到5000啥啥 (这里认真看 有题 构筑没理清楚)
The discovery in 2005 of Eris (formerly known as 2003 UB313 or Xena), a KBO even larger than Pluto, brought the issue to a head. If Pluto is a planet, then Eris must also be one, together with scores of other large KBOs; conversely, if Pluto is not a planet, neither are the other KBOs. On what objective grounds could astronomers decide?
In short, the difference between planets and nonplanets is quantifiable, both in theory and by observation. All the planets in our solar system have enough mass to have swept up or scattered away most of the original planetesimals from their orbital zones. Today each planet contains at least 5,000 times more mass than all the debris in its vicinity. In contrast, the asteroids, comets and KBOs, including Pluto, live amid swarms of comparable bodies.
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