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SPACE.com -- Details Emerge on Plan to Demote Pluto
News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:41 AM EDT
Article Source: Space.comadvertisement
This was a wild week for astronomers. At a meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, a proposal put forth to define the term "planet" would boost the tally from nine to 12 by adding asteroid Ceres, Pluto's moon Charon, and a distant icy object to the list.
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