Assertion: planet's body | /r/CapableOf | orbit star
Facets:
value: into planets
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined a planet as a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals.
text: satellite any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
text: A celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals.
text: That's no small celestial body that orbits a larger celestial body that orbits a star.
text: An astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.
text: According to the International Astronomical Union, in a 2006 landmark decision, a planet is defined as a i) a celestial body that orbits a star, but is not a star itself; ii) is massive enough to have achieved a nearly spherical shape due to its own gravitational accretion, and iii) has cleared it local neighborhood of significant solar system debris.
text: Steven Soter proposed an observationally based measure µ (mu), which he called the "planetary discriminant", to separate bodies orbiting stars into planets and non-planets.
text: satellite (any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star)