Thursday, August 24, 2006

 

Pluto loses status as a planet!!!

"Pluto was automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's.

It will now join a new category of 'dwarf planets'.

Pluto's status has been contested for many years as it is further away and considerably smaller than the eight other 'traditional' planets in our Solar System."


Full story:
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Pluto loses status as a planet

# posted by R @ 8:43 AM
Comments:
so in the end of August we became only 8 planets , in the beginning of August they said we were going to be 12 planets !!
# posted by Blogger Zeinobia : 1:31 PM
 
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