Pluto: Not a Planet Anymore

Alex

Astronomers had just voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet - instead, it is now classified as a dwarf planet.

The researchers said Pluto failed to dominate its orbit around the Sun in the same way as the other planets.

The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) decision means textbooks will now have to describe a Solar System with just eight major planetary bodies.

Pluto, which was discovered in 1930 by the American Clyde Tombaugh, will be referred to as a "dwarf planet".

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Related: The Woman Who Named Pluto, previously on Neatorama, about Venetia Phair, who at 11 years old suggested the name "Pluto" for the newly discovered (then) planet.


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Does it really matter if Pluto isn't considered a planet? Who gives a S&*@!

I can imagine Pluto's heartbreak.

Jupiter: Listen, Pluto. Me and the guys were just thinkin and we just all agreed...well your not a planet.

Pluto: (about to burst in tears) Really! I'm no longer a planet. Is it cause my size?!

Jupiter: Nah. Its not your size. Just relax, you can still orbit with us. We just thought you would have fitted in more with the dwarf planets. Thats all no heartbreak little globe.
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Hey uh this info was lame. I want more info. Come on Pluto is a dwarf planet-everyon knows that. But why? Why is Pluto suddenly not a planet? Improve your info
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That's why you should never buy a Dell.
I got a Dell laptop for my birthday and it was the slowest piece of junk ever until the left hand side of the screen decided to suddenly stop working right on schedule after the warranty ran out. Built in obsolescence at its finest.
I then got an HP and I've never looked back (sorry, but I like my PCs).
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You can lay the blame on a brand name due to a single incident, or you can do the research. I've heard the same stories about why not to by an HP. The truth is, as far as computers go, is that there are good batches, and bad batches. Some models have great outcomes with few problems, but other times there are particular models with so many issues it's not even funny. I don't know if anyone else has had experience with Toshiba laptops, but twice in a row my stepdad had bought their brand, and on both they started getting vertical lines of various colours showing up on the screen. He replaced the monitor of the first one, and it eventually got those lines showing up again. Still don't know what the issue is with that, if it's a fault of the production of the screens or what.
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@Gauldar - you know if your stepdad buys a Toshiba a third time he's officially a moron and it's legal for strangers to walk up and sucker punch him right in the gut really really really hard - right?
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