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What 2 rules do scientists use to determine if something is a planet. * Please use your own words to answer the question* THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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What 2 rules do scientists use to determine if something is a planet.

* Please use your own words to answer the question* THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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Answer:

1. It must orbit a star (in our cosmic neighborhood, the Sun).

2. It must be big enough that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun.

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Answer: one of the things that determinates something is a planet and not a star is that planets are constanlty moving around the sun while stars are "still"

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