I'll put in yet another plug for the solution I've taken to using (IAU or no IAU): drop the unqualified term "planet" altogether, and just use "major planet" for the big eight and "planetesimal" for everything else. (Although I must confess to a certain fondness for Charlie Stross's suggestion of "irritating little shit".)
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Date: 2006-08-22 07:07 pm (UTC)