The definition of a Planet could be whatever we want. It could be "these named entities are planets, other things are not planets" if we wanted. That makes a hell of a lot more sense to me than anything else, because eventually we are going to find planets which really blur the boundaries we have currently. Until we observe the entire universe, any set of rules we come up with are going to appear to be wrong in some situations.
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Why?
Why remove Pluto?
The definition of a Planet could be whatever we want. It could be "these named entities are planets, other things are not planets" if we wanted. That makes a hell of a lot more sense to me than anything else, because eventually we are going to find planets which really blur the boundaries we have currently. Until we observe the entire universe, any set of rules we come up with are going to appear to be wrong in some situations.
"It's not perfect so we should just do it arbitrarily instead" is a pretty silly scientific proposition.