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Pluto officially not longer a planet

Anton View Member Profile	Aug 29 2011, 01:48 AM Post #1
Embryo Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 29-August 11 Member No.: 10,472	Pluto officially not longer a planet BC-Pluto Demoted,0141 Pluto gets demoted as astronomers approve new definition for planets Eds: UPDATES with Pluto demoted. INCORPORATES BC-Planet Mutiny. By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press Writer PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. The new definition of what is — and isn't — a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one. AP-ES-08-24-06 0924EDT ________________________________ mcdermott cue poison cues billiards cues

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