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It’s Almost Twenty Years Since The ‘Justice For Pluto’ Movement Began, And Here Is Exactly Why The Dwarf Planet’s Reclassification Happened

2005. The year that YouTube was launched, The US Office and The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody premiered, a new Pope was inaugurated, and Canada became the fourth country in the world to officially allow ...
NPR

Pluto isn't a planet — but it gives us clues on how the solar system formed

Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size to Pluto. So, during the summer of 2006, members of the International ...
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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?

When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists. Even many years later, some astronomers ...
Gizmodo

Astronomers Push to Redefine ‘Planet’—but Pluto Is Still Left Out

For many people, the definition of a planet was only made clear in 2006, when the spunky world Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. Now, a team of astronomers is pushing for “planet” ...
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Real Image of Dwarf Planet Pluto?

Although the photo does show Pluto, the colors within it appear to have been enhanced. On May 20, 2024, X account @MAstronomers posted a colorful image of a celestial object and claimed it showed the ...
Astronomy

Should Pluto Be Considered a Planet?

Editor’s note: A version of this story originally appeared in Astronomy’s 2007 special issue 50 Greatest Mysteries of the Universe. For a more recent discussion of Pluto’s planethood, see “An ...
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None Of Pluto's Five Moons Actually Orbit The Dwarf Planet

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...