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How can planets be planets if they are gas planets?

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A planet is defined as any celestial body which has enough matter to form itself into a sphere (or spheroid), but without enough mass to begin nuclear reactions. This definition has no relation to what the body is made of, so a gas planet is just as much a planet as one made of rock or one made of styrofoam.

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