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xkcd #3063: Planet Definitions (xkcd.com)
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Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

https://explainxkcd.com/3063/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Atheist: Only planets that were discovered before God created the universe 6000 years ago are planets.
(Earth, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_discovery_of_Solar_System_planets_and_their_moons