they have yet to create a formal definition of the term "planet". As a result, there are various geophysical definitions in use among professional geophysicists...

dominance definition and the geophysical definition. The issue of a clear definition for planet came to a head in January 2005 with the discovery of the trans-Neptunian...

cryosphere. Under a geophysical definition of planet, the small icy worlds of the Solar System qualify as icy planets. These include most of the planetary-mass...

terrestrial planets accepted by the IAU are the inner planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Among astronomers who use the geophysical definition...

orientation, and ephemeris of Mercury from MESSENGER observations after three years in orbit" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 119 (12): 2417–2436...

has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter...

of NASA's mission to Pluto, rejects the current IAU definition of planet, both in terms of defining dwarf planets as something other than a type of planet...

have a sense of connection with the former planet". Clearing the neighbourhood Fusor (astronomy) Geophysical planet definition List of Solar System objects...

"How Much of the Earth's Surface is Underlain by Permafrost?". Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 126 (5). American Geophysical Union (AGU)...

2006 definition of planet, and thus would still consider some of the objects on this list to be planets under a geophysical definition. See the list of gravitationally...

Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first...

list of geophysical planets in the Solar System, see: List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System This also includes a list of the eight...

than water). Proponents of the geophysical definition of planets argue that location should not matter and that only geophysical attributes should be taken...

The number of dwarf planets in the Solar System is unknown. Estimates have run as high as 200 in the Kuiper belt and over 10,000 in the region beyond....

"Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter: I. Microphysics of "Mushballs"". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125 (8): e2020JE006403. arXiv:2012...

"The role of Jupiter in the formation of planets". Evolution of the Earth and Planets. Washington DC American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph...

Slowly Rotating Venus-Like Exoplanets". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125 (5). American Geophysical Union (AGU). arXiv:2003.05704. Bibcode:2020JGRE...

objects qualify as planets according to common geophysical definitions of that term. The radii of these objects range over three orders of magnitude, from...

However, according to some definitions of a planet (based on the nuclear fusion of deuterium), it is too massive to be a planet and might be a brown dwarf...

orbiting some planet or minor planet, synonymous with "moon" – by such a definition all natural satellites are moons, but Earth and other planets are not satellites...

planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about nine times that of Earth...

planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter...

organizations such as the American Geophysical Union, the Canadian Geophysical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics encompass both...

ocean world, ocean planet or water world is a type of planet that contains a substantial amount of water in the form of oceans, as part of its hydrosphere...

What Is A Planet? Archived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine The Planetary Society, 21 April 2020 Williams, Matt. "A geophysical planet definition". Phys...

Donald B. (2012). "Mercury's moment of inertia from spin and gravity data". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 117 (E12): n/a. Bibcode:2012JGRE....

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and...

influence of H2 O and CO2 on the primitive surface conditions and evolution of rocky planets" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 122 (7):...

Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer data". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 113 (E9): E00B24. Bibcode:2008JGRE..113.0B24H. doi:10.1029/2008JE003134...

surface: various geophysical and geodynamical aspects, the radiation, and the host star's plasma environment can influence the evolution of planets and life,...