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... 55 KB (6,574 words) - 23:33, 1 May 2024 |
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... 84 KB (10,296 words) - 20:28, 2 May 2024 |
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... 18 KB (2,223 words) - 20:59, 13 May 2024 |
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... 97 KB (8,966 words) - 18:32, 5 May 2024 |
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... 35 KB (3,425 words) - 04:10, 2 May 2024 |
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... 703 bytes (108 words) - 06:13, 3 December 2023 |
are eight official planets in the Solar System per the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which has also established a definition for exoplanets. Several... 20 KB (994 words) - 15:57, 31 March 2024 |
number of dwarf planets may be much lower, perhaps only eight among bodies known so far. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines dwarf planets as... 64 KB (4,765 words) - 23:37, 8 May 2024 |
exotic forms of life. Although there are many icy objects in the Solar System, none of them qualify as planets under the IAU definition of planet. However... 6 KB (531 words) - 13:02, 4 May 2024 |