I have finally completed the Solar System! No telescope and no equatorial mount. Just DSLRs, a fixed tripod, stacking and patience! Submitted by andrea_g_amato_art t3_z6d9oi on November 27, 2022 at 9:32 PM in space 175 comments 6,033
globefish23 t1_iy4i8ao wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:13 PM Reply to comment by SoretomoOre in I have finally completed the Solar System! No telescope and no equatorial mount. Just DSLRs, a fixed tripod, stacking and patience! by andrea_g_amato_art >It's not illegal to have 300 planets or whatever amount. All of these categories are pretty arbitrary in the first place, but cramming everything into one category is just cumbersome and silly. >I'm all aboard the "spherical due to it's own gravity" train Yes, dwarf planets fullfill this requirement (hydrostatic equilibrium). What they lack is having cleared their orbit from other objects. Asteroids lack both of these. It's essentially dividing celestial bodies into three groups by their mass with physically measurable thresholds. Permalink Parent 2 SoretomoOre t1_iy4o9i4 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:53 PM > Yes, dwarf planets fullfill this requirement (hydrostatic equilibrium). What they lack is having cleared their orbit from other objects. I know what they decided, I just call Ceres and Pluto planets anyway 😎 Permalink Parent 1
SoretomoOre t1_iy4o9i4 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:53 PM > Yes, dwarf planets fullfill this requirement (hydrostatic equilibrium). What they lack is having cleared their orbit from other objects. I know what they decided, I just call Ceres and Pluto planets anyway 😎 Permalink Parent 1
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