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Old 24-08-2006, 05:12 PM
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Pluto

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Originally Posted by MSNBC
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Leading astronomers approved historic new planet guidelines Thursday — downsizing Earth's neighborhood from nine principal heavenly bodies to eight by demoting distant Pluto.

Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune’s.
You can see the rest of the article here.

Just kind of weird, I grew up learning that there were 9 planets in our solar system, and now one is just not gonna be there anymore.
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