What happened to Pluto?


When Pluto was demoted from its status as a planet in August by the International Astronomical Union, good-humoured outrage swept the globe. How could Pluto, the littlest planet, no longer be what we thought it was? Vatican astronomer Br Guy Consolmagno noted that defining Pluto as a planet, asteroid or dwarf planet was important because it affects how we think about Pluto and how astronomers would study the celestial body in the future - John DeSio

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Inside Fordham



30 Nov 2006