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Geography Form 1

Conditions for a Body to Qualify as a Planet

  1. It must orbit the Sun

    • The body must revolve or move around the Sun, not around another planet or star.

  2. It must have enough mass to be nearly round in shape

    • The gravity of the body should be strong enough to pull it into a round or nearly round shape.

  3. It must have cleared its orbit

    • The planet should be the dominant object in its orbit, meaning it has cleared away other smaller objects or debris around its path.

Simple summary for students:

A planet goes around the Sun, is round because of its own gravity, and doesn’t share its path with many other objects.

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