No – Pluto is technically a dwarf planet ... a study that suggested the standard for classifying planets is not scientifically sound. Metzger argues that planetary scientists use the word ...

In 2006 the former ninth planet in the solar system, Pluto, got demoted to a mere Kuiper ... It's got the, you know, sort of the mythological sound to it. So that nickname - because it didn ...

Holst was apparently uninterested in updating his planetary audio tour ... up the challenge to complete Holst’s Planets, but his version of Pluto was designed to work well in a complete ...

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf ... Mexico State University says that although "planet" and "dwarf planet" sound similar, comparing a dwarf planet to a planet is similar saying ...

“To wit: a common question we receive is, “Why did you send New Horizons to Pluto if it’s not a planet anymore?”” The new definition would have historical precedence, sound scientific ...

Legendary actor William Shatner wants President Trump to restore Pluto to greatness as scientists claim to have found a “new” ninth planet. “So there’s a 10th planet that was found in our solar system ...

It stated: “In keeping with both sound scientific classification and ... We know very little about it, but we do know it’s not a planet. Pluto, by contrast — despite what you’ve heard ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for over 75 years, orbiting at the chilly fringes of our solar neighborhood. But then scientists at the International Astronomical Union decided ...

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...

song, Interplanet Janet. Upon the discovery of its existence in 1930, Pluto enjoyed decades of special status as one of the solar system's planets. Then, in the summer of 2006, Pluto was demoted.