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What are the requirements for a celestial body to be called as a planet?
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What is the minimum mass or volume requirement for an object to be classified as a natural satellite?
There is no minimum mass or volume requirements for an object to be classified as a natural satellite. For this classification to happen, a body must orbit around a planet or other celestial body.
What is a tailed celestial body called?
A Comet
What is reflection of a celestial body called?
albedo
What celestial body is the center of the jovian sysytem?
The planet Jupiter is at the center of the Jovian system.
What planet does not exist anymore?
Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, but rather as a dwarf planet. The celestial body still exists -- it has simply lost its previous classification status.
A planet is a?
A planet is a planet.A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star.
Why are some planets not actual planets?
"Planet" is a definition that astronomers have assigned. A planet is a celestial body that must meet the following requirements: -it is orbiting a star or stellar remnant -it has cleared its orbit of planetesimals -is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion. If the celestial body in question does not fit all of the requirements listed above, then it does not fit the definition of a planet.
What is a celestial body called?
A Comet
Celestial body between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids (also sometimes called "minor planets"). These are not the "dwarf planets", except for Ceres, which is a dwarf planet.
What is the minimum mass or volume requirement for an object to be classified as a natural satellite?
There is no minimum mass or volume requirements for an object to be classified as a natural satellite. For this classification to happen, a body must orbit around a planet or other celestial body.
What is a tailed celestial body called?
A Comet
What is reflection of a celestial body called?
albedo
A large celestial body that revolves around a star and is larger than an asteroid?
planet
What is a large celestial body orbiting the Sun that doesn't make itsown light?
planet
What celestial body is the center of the jovian sysytem?
The planet Jupiter is at the center of the Jovian system.
What is large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light?
A large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light is called a star.
Does a planet need to rotate to be considered a planet?
A planet is a celestial body that does not emit substantial amounts of radiation and that circulates around a star (which DOES emit substantial amounts of radiation)
