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IAU Proposes 3 New Planets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the twelve-is-three-better-than-nine dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "Sources tell SPACE.com that the International Astronomical Union is preparing to include three new entries to the current list of planets in our solar system. From the article: The asteroid Ceres, which is round, would be recast as a dwarf planet in the new scheme. Pluto would remain a planet and its moon Charon would be reclassified as a planet. Both would be called "plutons," however, to distinguish them from the eight "classical" planets. A far-out Pluto-sized object known as 2003 UB313 would also be called a pluton."

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  1. What the pluton? by crazyjeremy · · Score: 1, Troll

    What the pluton is going on here? Since when are moons and asteroids without names included in the list of planets?

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