• 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter...
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    orientation, and ephemeris of Mercury from MESSENGER observations after three years in orbit" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 119 (12): 2417–2436...
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    have a sense of connection with the former planet". Clearing the neighbourhood Fusor (astronomy) Geophysical planet definition List of Solar System objects...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Planetary-mass object (category Planets)
    than water). Proponents of the geophysical definition of planets argue that location should not matter and that only geophysical attributes should be taken...
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    considering most asteroids as planets, but Ceres sometimes retained its status after that because of its planet-like geophysical complexity. Then, in 2006...
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    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...
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  • 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....
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    Jupiter (redirect from Planet Jupiter)
    "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter: I. Microphysics of "Mushballs"". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125 (8): e2020JE006403. arXiv:2012...
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    Earth (redirect from Earth (Planet))
    "How Much of the Earth's Surface is Underlain by Permafrost?". Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 126 (5). American Geophysical Union (AGU)...
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    Venus (redirect from Venus (Planet))
    Slowly Rotating Venus-Like Exoplanets". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125 (5). American Geophysical Union (AGU). arXiv:2003.05704. Bibcode:2020JGRE...
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    Uranus (redirect from Planet Uranus)
    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...
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    "The role of Jupiter in the formation of planets". Evolution of the Earth and Planets. Washington DC American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph...
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    The IAU Working Group on Extrasolar Planets issued a position statement containing a working definition of "planet" in 2001 and which was modified in 2003...
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  • objects qualify as planets according to common geophysical definitions of that term. The radii of these objects range over three orders of magnitude, from...
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    Saturn (redirect from Planet Saturn)
    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...
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    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...
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    Ocean world (redirect from Ocean Planet)
    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...
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    Geophysics (redirect from Geophysical)
    organizations such as the American Geophysical Union, the Canadian Geophysical Union and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics encompass both...
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    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...
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    "Volcanism and volatile recycling on a one-plate planet: Applications to Venus". Journal of Geophysical Research. 112 (E4). Bibcode:2007JGRE..112.4S06E...
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    The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and...
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    surface: various geophysical and geodynamical aspects, the radiation, and the host star's plasma environment can influence the evolution of planets and life,...
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  • redirect targets Volcanologist Engineer, Soils Geophysical-Laboratory Chief (Alternate Titles: Director, Geophysical) Geological Aide (Petrol. & Gas) Prospector –...
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    The geology of solar terrestrial planets mainly deals with the geological aspects of the four terrestrial planets of the Solar System – Mercury, Venus...
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