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People Want Pluto as a Planet Again
Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11:18AM by AuthorJeanette Torres
(NEW YORK) -- Remember when Pluto was a planet, then relegated to a "dwarf planet" in 2006?
Last month, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics hosted a debate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where three astronomers wrestled with the question, "What is a planet?" After the debaters discussed science and history, the audience then voted that Pluto was, indeed, a planet.
The vote has galvanized a movement to return Pluto to planet status, according to the center, and led to its top ranking as a search term.
But even if the public is behind "Team Planet Pluto," it would take the International Astronomical Union to make the call, as it did in 2006.
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