A Planet Is…

Don’t talk about it too loud, in case they change their minds and have another huge hissy-fit about it, but astronomers from the International Astronomical Union may finally come up with a standard definition of the word ‘planet’, after it being skewed by the discovery of…well, other non-planet lumps of stuff in the solar system. No doubt there’ll be plenty of disagreement over the new definition, due to be announced September this year.