Pluto's Status Reevaluated by IAU

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In 2006, astronomers "demoted" Pluto to the status of a dwarf planet. Here's why

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In 2006 , astronomers "demoted" Pluto to the status of being classified as a dwarf planet, taking away one major planet and reducing the number in our solar system to eight .

The issue again came to prominence when the historic New Horizons mission was underway and, in 2015 , commenced its flyby of Pluto and its largest moon Charon .

We will no doubt discover more icy objects in the Kuiper Belt in the future. But none will have that special history that does Pluto, that keeps it a favorite of planetary scientists and schoolchildren alike. Wherever you are, Clyde , you can keep right on smiling. David J. Eicher is Editor of Astronomy, author of 26 books on science and history, and a board member of the Starmus Festival and of Lowell Observatory . The post Is Pluto a planet? appeared first on Astronomy Magazine ..

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