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Breaking News: Pluto Loses Planet Status

by John Lamansky on August 24th, 2006

Huge news for those interested in the cosmos: today Pluto has lost its status as a planet.

From a CNET article:

The 2006 International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly voted Thursday in Prague that Pluto, formerly known as a planet, will now be considered a “dwarf planet.”

The eight planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will be grouped as “classical planets.”

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