There were a number of campaigns launched that were aimed at ensuring that Pluto was reinstated as a planet. These met with no success. But all of that just changed, After years of deliberation, the IAU announced in a press release that they have reclassified the icy world—they upgraded ...
"I think there is a strong sentiment among a modest number of astronomers and a great many laypersons that Pluto should be reinstated or that the IAU action on Pluto should be ignored," Maran said. He faults the IAU's 2006 planet definition as being confined to our solar system and exclu...
"The IAU further resolves: Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of Trans-Neptunian Objects." Note that this is not a universal definition of a natural kind "Planet," it is restricted to objects in our Solar System. Note ...
Pluto's Reprisal is a series of mods created by Digital Hourglass. The series involves Pluto rap battling various celestial bodies such as the 8 major planets, their moons, numerous minor planets, comets, and extrasolar planets in order to get his planet status reinstated. Contents 1 Story ...
The ultra-rare Morty-Jerry adventure does indeed bring them to Pluto where the locals are desperate to get their home reinstated as a legit planet, and for some reason they think Jerry can help. For those of us old enough to remember Pluto’s demotion to “dwarf planet” in 2006,...
Funding for the mission was reinstated after New Horizons was listed as a top priority in the Planetary Science Decadal Survey of 2003–2013, which identifies scientific targets for future exploration. Spacecraft typically have a set design lifetime, similar to warranties on electronics or cars. ...