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Gibbon1 • yesterday at 9:38 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Maybe we haven't gone far enough. We should refer to Uranus and Neptune as Trans Saturn Objects.


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dragonwriter • yesterday at 11:16 PM

Uranus and Neptune already are a two-member class (“ice giants”).

GolfPopper • yesterday at 9:50 PM

Does Saturn have enough density to count, though? I mean, from a certain point of view, it's more of a spheroid of hydrogen with a bit of helium. Maybe we need a new term for it, like "Planetary nebula"? ;)