Quantitative Criteria for Defining Planets · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2407.07590/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTQuantitative Criteria for Defining Planets — mentioned by notarealllamahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40938216urn:hackerpapers:mention:2407.07590:40938216Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:23:01 GMT<p>Tangentally, I came across this preprint today about sensible definitions for planets, as IAU doesn&#x27;t actually call exoplanets &quot;planets&quot;, and there&#x27;s some unclarity re hydrostatic equilibrium (&quot;how round&quot;) and especially the &quot;clearing the path&quot; / orbital dominance Quantitative Criteria for Defining Planets (UCLA) https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07590</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2407.07590/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.EP