Why Pluto may once again become a planet. While modern science has currently stripped Pluto of its title as one of the planets of our solar system it is my belief that one day it could reclaim its title. As a planet is currently defined it has to have cleared its orbit of obstructions...
Oops, Pluto is not the smallest - should it be a planet again?Hank Campbell
Fraser: So with this definition of planethood, if we do find a large planet further out past UB313, that fulfills that requirement, then they would necessarily have to call it a planet again. So we might get nine planets again. Pamela: It’s possible to have nine planets, yeah. Fraser...
To be fair, Pluto had it coming. The word "planet" never had an official definition, and astronomers had always played fast and loose with its use. To the ancient Greeks, a planet was any "wandering star," which included thesunand themoon. With the Copernican revolution, the definition c...
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The debate over Pluto's planet status gets fired up again in a Pluto TV rally at UCLA on April 1, 2024. (Image credit: Pluto TV) Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the ...
PLUTO COULD BE A PLANET AGAIN. A group of planetary scientists (among the majority who support the (correct) IAU definition of planet), have figured out how to make Pluto a planet again. It follows the classic American strategy "Don't raise the bridge, lower the river." First put forward...
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the body that is responsible for naming and classifying objects in the cosmos, has just announced that Pluto has been reclassified as a major planet. That's right, the little dwarf will be rejoining the ranks of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, ...
Scientists have called for Pluto to be classified as a planet again following a new study into planetary science. The IAU’s decision to reclassify Pluto in 2006 was based on the presence of objects called “plutinos” within its orbit. ...
Pluto, large, distant member of the solar system that formerly was regarded as the outermost and smallest planet. In 2006 a group of experts in the scientific community voted to give Pluto the new classification of dwarf planet. Learn more about Pluto in