[_] [OT] Pluto no longer planet
Oliver Humpage
oliver at watershed.co.uk
Thu Aug 24 17:00:30 BST 2006
Hoorah:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/24/pluto_demoted/
They've decided to add an all important clause [c] to the definition of a
planet, which means Pluto isn't one.
I thought all the press speculation a few days ago was a bit premature...
the IAU hadn't actually voted back then, when every news item claimed there
would now be 12 planets.
I thoroughly agree with the decision though. Even if it does annoy the US
astronomers, since Pluto was the only "planet" they'd managed to discover...
Oliver.