What REALLY is a planet? (feat. Steve Taylor)

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After Astrodude arrives to space, he's spooked by the fact that planets talk. So now he has to talk to Steve Taylor to figure out what really IS a planet?

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00:00Astro Dude, come out!

00:02Please?

00:03I think we freaked him out!

00:06Houston, the planets, they talk!

00:09They called me Astro Dude!

00:11Astro Dude? Where have I heard that before?

00:14Sir, am I losing my mind?

00:17Hmm, perhaps I can bring someone to help you with your planet problem.

00:21Bring the expert! Astro Dude needs help!

00:24Sir, my name's... wait, the expert?

00:27Yeah.

00:28I'm Steve, the guy from that sciencey YouTube channel.

00:32Wait, Steve Taylor from Korskoduct?

00:34Oh, I absolutely love watching those...

00:36First, we science, then you can fanboy.

00:39Your boss told me you don't know what a planet is.

00:43Uh, I obviously know, but I wouldn't mind you explaining it to me.

00:47The main theory of how planets are formed is called the nebula hypothesis.

00:52In short, when a nebula collapses, it releases a huge cloud that orbits a young star.

00:57Through a process called accretion, this cloud accumulates and creates...

01:01Planets! Heck yeah!

01:03Wait, they also added some rules back in 2006, right?

01:06That's right.

01:07A planet must orbit a star, it must have enough gravity to be spherical, and it must have cleared its orbit from other big objects.

01:13Dude, I can't believe I'm speaking to Steve Taylor!

01:17Okay, let's keep going. Is it possible for a planet to... I don't know... talk?

01:22That's all the time we have for today, Astro Dude.

01:24Wait, but I was just getting to my point! And my names...

01:26Astro Dude! Earth to Astro Dude!

01:30Not again! Okay, don't talk back to them, they're not real! La la la la la la la la la la!

01:36Listen, we weren't trying to scare you, so... we're sorry.

01:40That's why we made a space cake out of asteroids!

01:43So, if you come out of your ship for a second so we can chat, that'd be nice.

01:48Ooh, a cake?! Let me light up the candles for ya!

01:52Scratch that! Get out of here! Now! Run, Astro Dude!

01:57What is going on?

02:04He's our friend now... r-right?

02:08Special thanks to Steve Taylor for appearing in this video!

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