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A planet is made a planet if it is circular or close to circular in shape, orbits the sun, and, if one planet crosses the path of another planet's orbit, the smaller of the two is no longer a planet. ghost busters

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According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a celestial body is considered a planet if it orbits around the sun, is spherical in shape, and has cleared its orbital path of other debris.

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Gravity pulling the bits of the solar nebular together.

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