• zqps@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    So whatever hypothetical density constitutes an atmosphere becomes the arbitrary line in the sand.

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      Similar to the arbitrarily defined density of other stuff in the same orbit. We need to draw lines somewhere to impose categories on nature.

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        Planet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a “planet”. Ceres was a “planet”.

        When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like “asteroid” or “dwarf planet” or “gas giant”.