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Pluto loses planet status

Posted Aug 24, 2006 at 08:30AM by Kyle M. Listed in: Science Tags: Pluto, Neptune, BBC, IAU, Prague
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Pluto and it's moon Charon (right)


For many people it was inevitable, but we still didn't think it would have happened...now it has. 2,500 astronomers who met in Prague for the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) general assembly have demoted Pluto's planet status. Who would have thought that in your science lessons that in the future our solar system would have less planets?

Rather than vote that our solar system contained 12 planets (including the discovery of 2003 UB313 by Professor Mike Brown), the IAU voted that Pluto should be demoted and that our solar system contains 8 planets. "The eight planets are Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune," said the IAU resolution, which was passed following a week of intense debate.

Pluto has been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930 by the American Clyde Tombaugh, but now it appears that Pluto will have to be ripped out from school textbooks after the IAU resolution. In remembrance of the planet Pluto, here are a few facts that BBC News put together:

  • Named after the underworld god
  • Average Sun distance: 5.9bn km
  • Orbits Sun every 248 years
  • Has at least three moons
  • Rotates every 6.8 days
  • Gravity about 6% of Earth's
  • Surface temperature -233C
  • NASA probe visits in 2015

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   by captain planet (Unregistered) - 2006-08-24
 » noooo!
then what the hell is pluto now? an asteroid?

   by Jx1 - 2006-08-24
 » #2
It's now a dwarf planet so it seems.
but as such, now it's not part of our solar system.

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   by keekwy (Unregistered) - 2006-08-24
 » Pretty lame
I guess they couldn't think of three more names of ancient gods. . . .

   by Alden Schulte (Unregistered) - 2006-08-24
 » BULL*****!!
damnit! this is gay!!!

go read this article. this is a very serious subject.

http://news.com.com/Textbook+makers+grapple+with++Pluto+demotion/2100-1025_3-6109409.html

   by no stfu (Unregistered) - 2006-08-24
 » basterds
man that was my favorite planet out of all the planets it just had to become a dwarf u know what F_u_K them

   by animefanzmg (Unregistered) - 2006-08-25

whats the new onamonapea gonna be for remembering the planets?

i say it should be
"My Vicious Ex-con Mailman Just sold Us Narcotics"
i think it has a ring to it or maybe
"Mr. Very vil Madman Just sells Used Nukes"



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