...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...
...For now, membership will be restricted to the eight "classical" planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune...
...Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's...
Astronomers Give Pluto the Boot as Planet
# posted by oldwhitelady @ 8/24/2006 12:34:00 PM
