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The Fight for Pluto Rages On
Skytonight | September 1, 2006 | Editors of Sky & Telescope
Posted on 09/02/2006 8:47:21 AM EDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
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Interview with the IAU President on Pluto's Demotion
space.com | 09/11/06 | Sara Goudarzi
Posted on 09/11/2006 7:09:36 PM EDT by KevinDavis
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Astronomical debate
Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/22/06 | Susan Snyder
Posted on 09/23/2006 9:38:54 PM EDT by KevinDavis
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1707188/posts
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"To Pluto And Far Beyond" By David H. Levy, Parade, January 15, 2006 -- We don't have a dictionary definition yet that includes all the contingencies. In the wake of the new discovery, however, the International Astronomical Union has set up a group to develop a workable definition of planet. For our part, in consultation with several experienced planetary astronomers, Parade offers this definition: A planet is a body large enough that, when it formed, it condensed under its own gravity to be shaped like a sphere. It orbits a star directly and is not a moon of another planet. |
It will matter after the Treaty is repealed.
Stop Plutonian Discrimination Now!
I always believed they could simply declare two criteria for a planet:
1.They must be at least Pluto-sized or larger
2.They must not orbit around a larger body.
