Under New Proposed System, Our Moon Would Become A Planet
- 9 years ago
An astronomer has devised a simple formula to determine what is and is not a planet. The only catch? The moon would qualify as a planet if the formula is adopted.
A UCLA professor has come up with a new way to determine if a body in space is, indeed, a planet.
And while his classification method seems much more streamlined than the current official guidelines, it would mean our moon would qualify as a planet itself.
Part of the impetus for a change is due to the ambiguity around the criteria established by the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, in 2006.
According to a U
A UCLA professor has come up with a new way to determine if a body in space is, indeed, a planet.
And while his classification method seems much more streamlined than the current official guidelines, it would mean our moon would qualify as a planet itself.
Part of the impetus for a change is due to the ambiguity around the criteria established by the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, in 2006.
According to a U