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It's not the size that counts but the ability to clear your orbit. ;)
this condition makes "planetness" into a local condition. so theoretically, we can throw enough junk into space and stop anything we want from being a planet.
pluto just got unlucky in terms of the amount of trash it has in its way. its not fair :(
No, because if it's a proper planet it will clear its orbit.
Well, only if we move the Earth safely outwards of the huge Sun.
By the time the Plutians invade they can have Earth
So tell me about Jupiter
Good question! I had forgotten about Jupiter's Trojans and Greek asteroids!
I went and checked the definiton of Clearing the Neighborhood by IAU, emphasis mine:
Trojans and Greeks orbit Jupiter's LaGrange points in a stable orbit and so they are governed by Jupiter's gravity. You could say they're really weird moons orbiting semi-stable points Jupiter creates.
So since there are like 95 moons (as of last Feb) of jupiter, I'm calling out a dwarf planet