But part of the problem with the definition - I mean, as an example - is that if you look at Mars - if Mars - if we discovered a Mars-sized object out beyond the orbit of Pluto, it couldn't be a planet, because over the age of the solar system it wouldn't have time to clear its orbit.
"To have 100 billion cars on the planet that aren't being used is a total waste of materials, gas, petrol, metals, " Frigstad explained.
Plainly, Asia and the rest of the world could be facing a major struggle to ensure that the impoverished of Planet Earth wouldn't be written off by a group of American experts, no matter how brilliant and well-meaning they may be.
Yet one can't help but think that if the millions spent on such meetings were available to microcapitalists of the sort that Hernando de Soto of Peru tries to vest with private-property rights in struggling parts of the planet, we wouldn't have call for many more Sustainable Development summits.
Well, now another group of astronomers, many of whom are in favor of keeping Pluto a planet, is challenging that new definition, saying it doesn't set clear criteria for what makes a planet.
"They care about the planet, but they didn't care about the homeless, " Fowler said.
Planet.eco, hasn't decided yet if it will file an objection with Icann, Mr. William said.
But that doesn't mean the whole planet is open to the kind of reporting we do.
Now astronomers haven't actually seen this planet, but they can tell it's there by the way its star wobbles.
When people think of the word planet, they think of large, special objects, and when you tell people about Pluto and make them realize that Pluto really is quite small, people even start to realize well, okay, maybe Pluto shouldn't be called a planet.
But you don't have to win the planet's arguably most prestigious race to make a mint.
"There aren't enough ships on the planet to patrol the entire Indian Ocean, " she said, adding that she thought it would be more difficult to eradicate Somali piracy than to bring peace to Afghanistan.
And the big incumbent fossil fuel firms insist that they are allowed to extract all their reserves even though the International Energy Agency warns that the fuels can't be burned without wrecking the planet.
We really don't know what sort of composition a planet the size of Kepler-22b would have.
Chiang Mai lets down its hippie hair at this market with lots of ethnic chic accessories, undyed cotton T-shirts and "save the planet" canvas tote bags.
"People are sharing things they clearly don't want to share with the entire planet, " said Will Moffat, a 32-year-old software engineer who helped build the site.
"The planet may be habitable, but I wouldn't expect to see any intelligent life forms, " says Martin Griffiths, senior lecturer at the Centre for Astronomy and Science Education at the University of Glamorgan.
Planet Pop festival sits nicely alongside its bigger cousin, T on the Fringe.
While it isn't exactly the most handsome phone on the planet, the M1 that we got to touch actually felt pretty solid, and it ran the native Android 4.1 quite smoothly.
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But first, we haven't heard the last about the ignominious vote last month to strip Pluto of its place in our solar system - kicked out of the planetary lineup by a group of astronomers because it doesn't fit the new definition of what a planet is.
Because investor dollars now roam the planet at the speed of light, central bankers can't fool around with money supplies the way they used to.
Mass balloon launches at dawn and dusk bookend nine days filled with live music performances that range from Canadian folk group Cowboys Fringants to rapper T Pain, and family activities, including Balloon Planet, an inflatable amusement park.
NASA's Kepler space telescope hasn't exactly been a slouch when it comes to planet hunting, but that effort will soon be getting a considerable boost courtesy of a new mission selected by NASA as part of its Explorer program.
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Officials in developing nations can't agree about which types of save-the-planet projects deserve the required un stamp of approval.
Scientists said they launched the satellite from midair to save money, compared with an expendable rocket launched from the ground, because it doesn't take as much fuel to break free of the planet's gravity.
While there's great excitement surrounding these new findings, this isn't the first time we've spotted a potentially habitable planet.
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Backpackers aren't to blame, says Joe Cummings, who wrote Lonely Planet's Thailand guide.
"When you've got a planet that's nearest warmest levels on record, that doesn't mean every part of the world is going to be the warmest ever, " said Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for Weather Underground.
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He doesn't credit himself with any particular olfactory gift such as the one possessed by Grenouille, the homicidal perfumer in the novel "Perfume, " who is blessed, or perhaps cursed, with the planet's most discerning nostrils. (If you haven't, it's a stunning read.) "I have an educated nose, " he explained.
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