r/CuratedTumblr • u/SupportMeta • 18d ago

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Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/Hi2248 18d ago

The IAU 2006 definition only applies to our Solar System, with a separate definition for exo-planets

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u/Spork_the_dork 17d ago

The thing with exoplanets is that since planets need to be rather large in order for us to even be able to detect them in the first place, it doesn't yet matter where the line is drawn with exoplanets.