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definition of a planet as a body orbiting the Sun, in hydrostatic equilibrium, having cleared the neighborhood around its orbit; ratified by the IAU in August 2006, thereby reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet instead
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IAU definition of planet
definition of a planet as a body orbiting the Sun, in hydrostatic equilibrium, having cleared the neighborhood around its orbit; ratified by the IAU in August 2006, thereby reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet instead

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