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xkcd #3063: Planet Definitions (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

https://explainxkcd.com/3063/

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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 31 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

He's mixed up the first two diagrams - Pluto should be coloured in for the first and not for the second.

[–] Person264@lemmings.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The judgemental one has 7 coloured instead of 6 too.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Good catch - he's updated the graphic but this is still wrong.

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