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August 25, 2006
Pluto in the news
No, not the Pluto in the picture.
It's not often that our solar system loses a planet, but it happened yesterday. Do not worry, though. Pluto did not vaporize. It was simply re-categorized - demoted - to "Dawrf Planet" status, defined loosely as those big objects in our solar system that have not "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and [are] not a satellite."
The decision is not without controversy. The demotion "came after eight days of contentious debate that involved four separate proposals" on the definition of "planet," reports Space.com.
Posted by bill at August 25, 2006 10:27 AM
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Let's buy all new textbooks for the classrooms now!
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at August 26, 2006 01:02 PM
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