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Regarding the Criteria for Planethood and Proposed Planetary Classification Schemes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

S. Alan Stern  and
Harold F. Levison
S. Alan Stern
Affiliation:
Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, No. 426, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Harold F. Levison
Affiliation:
Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, No. 426, Boulder, CO 80302, USA

Abstract

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We examine the question of planetary classification, making recommendations both for the criteria by which planethood should be evaluated, as well as for more detailed physical and dynamical subtype classification schemes.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 205 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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