Yeah, 110 seems a bit much, but the issue is down to pedantry it seems (from both camps), because under the current system more planets are arguably not planets.
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Runyon and his co-authors argue for a definition of "planet" that focuses on the intrinsic qualities of the body itself, rather than external factors such as its orbit or other objects around it. In a short paragraph, they define a planet as "a sub-stellar mass body that has never undergone nuclear fusion" and that has enough gravitational heft to maintain a roughly round shape, even if it bulges at the equator because of a three-way squeeze of forces created by its gravity and the influence of both the sun and a nearby larger planet.
This definition differs from the three-element IAU definition in that it makes no reference to the celestial body's surroundings. That portion—which required that a planet and its satellites move alone through their orbit—excluded Pluto. Otherwise, Pluto fit the IAU definition: it orbits the sun and it is massive enough that the forces of gravity have made it round.
Stern has argued in the past that the IAU definition also excludes Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune, which share their orbits with asteroids.
The new geophysical definition omits stars, black holes, asteroids, and meteorites, but it includes everything else in our solar system. It would expand the number of planets from eight to approximately 110.
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BTW. If anyone wants a nice picture of Pluto for their desktop, there is a new posting with the complete stitched image which clearly shows the atmosphere of the "Planet" Pluto.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?page=1&galleryid=2&imageid=485