Tag: planets

  • What is a planet: problems with the current definition

    18 Dec 2006 » 5 min read

    Yesterday, while eating lunch, I got around to reading the article in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN “What Is A Planet”, by Steven Soter. The article tries to address the rationale for the new definition of a planet, and why Pluto no longer meets that definition. I can’t say that I disagree with the definition as presented. The…