SoretomoOre
SoretomoOre t1_iy3uotv wrote
Reply to comment by globefish23 in I have finally completed the Solar System! No telescope and no equatorial mount. Just DSLRs, a fixed tripod, stacking and patience! by andrea_g_amato_art
> We would have hundreds of planets by now, and would be in the same predicament as in the 19th century with Ceres.
I hear this on reddit a lot, but why is this a predicament? It's not illegal to have 300 planets or whatever amount. I'm all aboard the "spherical due to it's own gravity" train
SoretomoOre t1_iy4o9i4 wrote
Reply to comment by globefish23 in I have finally completed the Solar System! No telescope and no equatorial mount. Just DSLRs, a fixed tripod, stacking and patience! by andrea_g_amato_art
> Yes, dwarf planets fullfill this requirement (hydrostatic equilibrium). What they lack is having cleared their orbit from other objects.
I know what they decided, I just call Ceres and Pluto planets anyway 😎