SciGuy: A Texan definition of a planet
• Therefore, a planet must be any star-orbiting, non-fusing celestial body larger than the smallest sphere containing TEXAS.
Read it all, and enjoy. I’m not an astronomer but it makes sense to me.
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SciGuy: A Texan definition of a planet
• Therefore, a planet must be any star-orbiting, non-fusing celestial body larger than the smallest sphere containing TEXAS.
Read it all, and enjoy. I’m not an astronomer but it makes sense to me.
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I think I would propose an alternative:
A planet is anything larger than the ego of a Texan.
This would require, of course, a size considerably bigger than this proposal.
But what does Texas revolve around?
To be perfectly clear: everything else revolves around Texas.
Ah of course, forgive my Antipodean ignorance :-)
And here I thought the Texan definition of a planet was “them thar big ole sparkully thangs up in the sky”….
(Waaah…I miss good ole Texas now that I’m in Kansas!)