AkaSci 🛰️
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
AkaSci 🛰️
@AkaSci@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
Snippet from paper about the more precise definition of a planet - A planet is a celestial body that (a) orbits one or more stars, brown dwarfs, or stellar remnants, and (b) has sufficient mass to dynamically dominate the neighborhood around its orbit, i.e., m > 0.0012 (mcentral)^(5/8) a^(9/8), where m is the mass of the planetary body expressed in Earth masses, mcentral is the mass of the central body expressed is solar masses, and a is the semimajor axis expressed in astronomical units, and (c) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it is approximately in hydrostatic equilibrium and assumes a nearly triaxial shape, i.e., m > 10^21 kg, and (d) has a true mass below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium (currently calculated to be 13 Jupiter masses for objects of solar metallicity), and (e) has a mass ratio with the central object below the L4/L5 instability, i.e., m/mcentral < 2/(25 + √621) ≃ 1/25. A satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet.
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