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  • lorty@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzTruth hurts!
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    14 天前

    The problem is that the current definition makes no sense and is, frankly, bad.

    400 people, for a huge scientific community like astronomy, is bad. Heck even if they were literally all the astronomers in the world, the fact that it was proposed and voted on basically the same day should be noteworthy at the very least.

    And no one here is angry. I was just pointing out that name calling for no reason doesn’t really add to the discussion, even a low stakes one like this.





  • lorty@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzTruth hurts!
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    16 天前

    It’s because the definition includes things that aren’t really about the object itself and more about where it is. And also how inconsistent it is, as Mercury isn’t in hydrostatic equilibrium and yet is explicitly included as a planet by the IAU. Nevermind the fact that the new definition was speed voted and approved by less than 400 astronomers in a convention where 2500+ people attended, let alone not even being discussed with the larger scientific community.

    But hey, if you’d rather dismiss my points because of an url, you do you. Not like this changes our everyday live anyway.