{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T04:35:51Z", "providers": [ "Claude" ], "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify", "pass": 2, "wave": 1, "engine": "claude", "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-05T16:30:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-05T13:18:27+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "owners" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-06T19:52:01+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q634", "registryId": "vr.tr.planet", "name": "planet", "version": "0.2.0-wave.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.SPC" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q634/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.planet", "name": "planet", "purpose": "Let an agent handle planets by definition, orbit, physical properties and discovery method, and deal with the boundary cases such as dwarf planets and unconfirmed exoplanets.", "definition": "A celestial body that orbits a star or stellar remnant, is massive enough for its gravity to make it nearly round, and has cleared its orbital neighbourhood, following the IAU 2006 definition for the Solar System; 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exoplanets up to about 13 Jupiter masses" }, { "quantity": "orbital period", "typical_range": "hours to thousands of years", "unit": "time", "note": "" } ], "families_and_kinds": [ "terrestrial planets", "gas giants", "ice giants", "exoplanets: hot Jupiters, super-Earths, mini-Neptunes", "rogue planets" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "astronomical object", "why": "a major class" }, { "relation": "orbits", "target": "star", "why": "planets belong to planetary systems" }, { "relation": "has", "target": "moon", "why": "natural satellites are separate entries" }, { "relation": "is confused with", "target": "dwarf planet", "why": "Pluto and others fail the cleared-orbit criterion" } ], "identifiers": [ { "scheme": "exoplanet name", "value_or_pattern": "host star plus letter, such as 51 Pegasi b", "note": "standard designation" }, { "scheme": "NASA Exoplanet Archive entry", "value_or_pattern": "archive record", "note": "confirmed exoplanets" } ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "IAU Resolution B5 (2006) definition of planet", "IAU naming rules for exoplanets", "COSPAR planetary protection policy" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Treating candidates as confirmed exoplanets", "Mixing Solar System and exoplanet definitions", "Contaminating other worlds, which planetary protection prevents" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Report planet properties and exoplanet status from official catalogues with the source.", "Distinguish confirmed planets from candidates." ], "must_not": [ "Present a planet candidate as confirmed.", "Mix Solar System and exoplanet criteria without saying so.", "Plan or support a mission that would contaminate another world against planetary protection rules." ], "requires_human": [ "Any decision to land on or return samples from another world." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Other worlds may hold life or traces of it, and contamination cannot be undone.", "Claims of habitable worlds shape public expectations of science." ], "affected_parties": [ "Future science and exploration", "Any life that may exist elsewhere" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns a planet; space treaties bar national appropriation of celestial bodies.", "master_systems": [ "Planetary and exoplanet catalogues of the astronomical community" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q634: planet", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q634", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Planet", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "definition-and-status", "name": "Definition and status", "description": "Is it a planet.", "rationale": "Planet status follows a definition with edge cases.", "layers": [ { "id": "criteria", "name": "Criteria", "description": "IAU and exoplanet criteria.", "findings": [ { "id": "criteria-finding", "name": "Status criteria", "description": "Which criteria it meets.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which definition of planet applies here, and does the object meet it?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is it a dwarf planet or a brown dwarf instead?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "confirmation", "name": "Confirmation", "description": "Candidate or confirmed.", "findings": [ { "id": "confirmation-finding", "name": "Confirmation status", "description": "The confirmation state.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this planet confirmed, and by which method?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Has its existence been disputed?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "orbit", "name": "Orbit", "description": "Its path around the star.", "rationale": "Orbit decides climate and observability.", "layers": [ { "id": "elements", "name": "Orbital elements", "description": "Period, distance, eccentricity.", "findings": [ { "id": "elements-finding", "name": "Orbital data", "description": "The orbital parameters.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are its orbital period, distance and eccentricity?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Is it in the habitable zone?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "system", "name": "System", "description": "Host star and siblings.", "findings": [ { "id": "system-finding", "name": "System context", "description": "The host star and other planets.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which star does it orbit, and what else is in the system?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Are there resonances with other planets?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical", "name": "Physical properties", "description": "Mass, radius and atmosphere.", "rationale": "Physical properties decide what kind of world it is.", "layers": [ { "id": "bulk", "name": "Bulk properties", "description": "Mass, radius, density.", "findings": [ { "id": "bulk-finding", "name": "Bulk data", "description": "Measured bulk values.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are its mass, radius and density?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Which values are measured and which inferred?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "atmosphere", "name": "Atmosphere and surface", "description": "Composition and conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "atmosphere-finding", "name": "Atmosphere data", "description": "Atmosphere and surface data.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is known about its atmosphere and surface?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "How was that measured?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "exploration", "name": "Exploration", "description": "Missions and protection.", "rationale": "Exploration produces most data and carries planetary protection duties.", "layers": [ { "id": "missions", "name": "Missions", "description": "Spacecraft and telescopes.", "findings": [ { "id": "missions-finding", "name": "Missions", "description": "Missions that studied it.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which missions have studied this planet?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which are planned?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection", "name": "Planetary protection", "description": "Avoiding contamination.", "findings": [ { "id": "protection-finding", "name": "Protection category", "description": "The planetary protection category.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which planetary protection category applies to missions here?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "What does it require?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should exoplanets be registered as instances linked to host stars?", "How should disputed and retracted exoplanets be marked?", "Should the registry adopt a working exoplanet definition?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }