• Wugmeister
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    102 months ago

    Technically the concept of a planet is a social construct. Scientists have been scurrying around redefining the definition of a planet to exclude asteroids ever since they discovered them. Why can’t they just say that the Earth is a wet asteroid and be done with it?

    • Liz
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      42 months ago

      My personal definition of planet:

      1. big enough to be spherical
      2. has never been big enough to cause fusion
      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        NASA comms office assistant tries to let off steam by visiting Lemmy, sees your comment, has flashbacks to the letters they read from Americans everyday

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        I could see trump getting rid of NASA for his own space agency and he’d call it SASA. Super awesome space agency.