Morning Edition, August 10, 2006 · An international panel has unanimously recommended that Pluto retain its title as a planet, and it may be joined by other undersized objects that revolve around the sun.
Some astronomers had lobbied for reclassifying Pluto because it is so tiny. And at least one major museum has excluded Pluto from its planetary display. But sources tell NPR that under a proposal to be presented at a big meeting of astronomers in Prague next week for a vote, Pluto would become part of a new class of small planets. Several more objects could be granted membership.
You know, it always feels good when you remember something from school and it true. Thats just one lees thing that down the road my kids can call me a moron about :-) "Back when I was a kid, Pluto was a planet and the internet was just a series of tubes" LOL
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