Pluto Downgrade - Is It A Plot?

by L Neil Smith

Here’s a matter that may reveal more about psychology or politics than it does about astronomy. You’ll recall, a couple of years ago, the flap over the “demotion” of Pluto, theretofore the ninth planet of the Solar System, to the mean and niggardly status of “dwarf planet”.

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