Assertion: planet's distance | /r/HasAspect | sufficient
Facets:
value: for their self-gravity
type: PURPOSE
value: to overcome rigid body forces
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (near-spherical) shape, and that have not cleared the neighbourhood around their orbit.
text: In June 2008 the IAU adopted the term 'plutoid' to describe Pluto-like objects orbiting at trans-Neptunian distances which have sufficient mass to form a near-spherical shape.