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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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[–] CosmicCleric 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You said the Earth’s skies and oceans would be the same

No, that's not what I was saying, at all.

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[–] AnyOldName3 1 points 3 days ago

Everything about Earth is still the same, skies, oceans, etc. Only difference is that it’s crowded in by other bodies now.

Is pretty clearly saying the skies and oceans would be the same after the Earth's been swapped with part of the Sun.