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      "compare planets, moons and dwarf planets",
      "study rogue planets",
      "follow classification debates"
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      "Cuts across orbital classes",
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        "note": "deuterium fusion threshold"
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      "Overstating shape data for distant bodies"
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                    "text": "What are its mass and radius?",
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                    "text": "From which mission or study?",
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                    "text": "What is it made of?",
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                    "text": "How certain is that?",
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        "id": "rogues",
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        "description": "Free-floating.",
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                    "text": "How are free-floating planets detected?",
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                    "text": "How many are known?",
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                    "text": "Is it below the brown dwarf limit?",
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                    "text": "How is the limit defined?",
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                ]
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            ]
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                "id": "communication-finding",
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                    "text": "How can the class be explained simply?",
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                    "text": "Which confusions are common?",
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    "Should rogue planets be a separate entry?",
    "How should shape measurements be linked?",
    "How should definitions be compared?"
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