Assertion: planet's body | /r/CapableOf | orbit the sun
Facets:
value: at a similar distance to that
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the absence of any formal definition, a "planet" came to be understood as any "large" body that orbited the Sun.
text: To qualify as a planet, the body had to orbit around the sun, have sufficient mass for its self-gravity to pull it into a round shape, and have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.
text: Planets were once defined as any one of the nine bodies that orbit the Sun.
text: After the idea of an Earth-centred cosmos was dispelled (see Copernican system) and more distinctions were made about the nature and movement of objects in the sky, the term planet was reserved only for those larger bodies that orbited the Sun.
text: But an accepted convention existed where a planet was used to described any “large” body that orbited the Sun.
text: As part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the Sun, the term was adopted in 2006 due to the discovery of objects beyond the orbit of Neptune that were comparable in size to Pluto.
text: The term dwarf planet was adopted in 2006 as part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the Sun, brought about by an increase in discoveries of trans-Neptunian objects that rivaled Pluto in size, and finally precipitated by the discovery of an even larger object, Eris.
text: The IAU's final resolution preserved this three-category system for the celestial bodies orbiting the Sun.
text: According to this definition, bodies that orbit the Sun, are spherical, do not orbit other bodies, and have cleared their orbits were designated planets.
text: This system was established by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006 after the discovery of other celestial bodies that orbit the Sun at a similar distance to that with which Pluto does.
text: The term dwarf planet was adopted by the IAU in 2006 as part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the Sun.
text: However, astronomers noticed that something seems out-of-place regarding its orbit, and speculate that the incongruence could originate from a massive body influencing VP113’s orbit — another planet, a super-Earth, that also orbits the Sun.
text: A celestial body that orbits the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.
text: The term planet came to be reserved for large bodies that orbit the Sun and not another planet, so the Sun and Moon were no longer considered planets.
text: The IAU created a new category, called dwarf planet, for those nearly spherical celestial bodies that orbit the Sun but that have not cleared the area around their orbits and that are not moons.
text: Cockcroft explains that to be considered a planet today, a celestial body in the Solar System must orbit the sun, be massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and have cleared its orbit of smaller objects.
text: That measure was rejected, but with a show of hands on August 24, 2006, a majority of the IAU members present instead redefined a “planet” as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is generally spherical as a result of the force of its own gravity and must “clear the neighborhood around its orbit.
text: A celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.
text: A planet is defined as a rocky, or gaseous, spherical, celestial body, that orbits the sun, but does not emit its own light.
text: A celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.
text: As part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the sun, the term was adopted in 2006 due to the discovery of objects beyond the orbit of Neptune that were comparable in size to Pluto.
text: A celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.
text: The gravitational pull of the sun cause all celestial bodies in our solar system to orbit around the sun.
text: moons do B. a miniature planet that floats around the solar system in seemingly random patterns C. acelestial body that orbits around the sun, but is not large enough to clear the area around its orbit of other objects D. a celestial body with rings that inhabits the outer orbits around the sunA dwarf planet. is acelestial body that orbits around the sun, but is not large enough to clear the area around its orbit of other objects.