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A planet is a celestial body which orbits a star, a planet must be large enough for it's own gravity to create it's spherical shape but not too large that it undergoes thermonuclear fusion (thermonuclear fusion is the process of star becoming a star due to it's size) there are many other factors but that was a basic answer.

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