Official: Pluto is a Dwarf Planet
Topic: Other Stuff
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:41:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
As reported 2,500 scientists from around the world are currently in Prague, Czech Republic to discuss and define for all time exactly what constitutes a planet.
They finalized the requirements today and Pluto looses out. Pluto is officially no planet anymore. It is now a dwarf planet.
So if you are still in school, there are 8 planets not nine in our solar system. They are called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
More details in this AP story on Yahoo.
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:41:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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