Under the ‘has cleared its orbital neighborhood’ and ‘fuses hydrogen into helium’ definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

https://explainxkcd.com/3063/

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    Your original idea only holds if it’s still valid to claim Mars still has oceans, even though they’re all gone. When things stop existing, it changes their properties.

    My latest point was to counter your latest point that things like bodies of water or atmosphere should not be considered criteria for identifying a planet or not,

    Also, Mars may still have water, under the surface.

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