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What is the exact wording of the official IAU proposed definition of “planet” in “Resolution 5 for GA-XXVI”?

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What is the exact wording of the official IAU proposed definition of “planet” in “Resolution 5 for GA-XXVI”?

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“A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.”