Pluto is no longer defined as a planet

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Leading astronomers have declared that Pluto is no longer a planet, approving new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. The International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.

 

This is so daft, it sounds like something that New Labour or UEFA would do.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html

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