What a load of crap.
Capping years of intense debate, astronomers resolved Thursday to demote Pluto in a wholesale redefinition of planethood that is being billed as a victory of scientific reasoning over historic and cultural influences. But the decision is already being hotly debated.
Officially, Pluto is no longer a planet.
There are certain things that you shouldn’t mess with. Taking Pluto out of the group of the rest of the planets is like telling the last kid picked for kickball that he can’t play anymore… or ever again.
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