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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Pluto downgraded

Finally, it happens.

After years of seemingly endless debate, on 24 August the International Astronomical Union has demoted Pluto from a planet to a "dwarf planet." More about this can be read here.

So, better start rewriting the textbooks on astronomy, because now the Solar System is left with only 8 planets.

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