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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

For Now, Pluto Holds Its Place in Solar System

Is Pluto a Planet? Well, the definition of “Planet” will be put up for vote on Aug 25 (the general public can’t vote, unfortunately, only some 2,500 astronomers). It’s a very old question, but this article is very interesting: For Now, Pluto Holds Its Place in Solar System

posted by Abdulaziz Alnaim @ 6:15 PM    

3 Comments:

  • At 11:28 AM , Hamad Mohawis said...

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  • At 8:20 AM , Hamad Mohawis said...

    interesting my kaboose! i just heard that on the radio yesterday. don't they have anything more important to debate or research? we barely crashed a stupid robot on the surface of mars... and they jump way ahead to pluto? one step at a time man... let's reach mars first... i just think this whole discussion came out of boredom.

     

  • At 10:22 AM , Rashid Aldossary said...

    You should check this article out:

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/16/new.planets.ap/index.html

    Xena,Cheron, and Ceres

    are going to be included in the new "Big Bang" expansion.

     

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