20 Years Ago Today, 424 Astronomers Voted Pluto Off the Planet List. The Argument Has Never Ended.
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Pluto has been a dwarf planet for 20 years. But why was it degraded – and why does the decision continue to cause controversy today?
20 Years Ago Today, 424 Astronomers Voted Pluto Off the Planet List. The Argument Has Never Ended.
The vote was 424 hands in a half-empty hall on the assembly's last day, and the definition's third clause — cleared the neighborhood — is one the critics say Earth itself fails. Twenty years to the day, the full story of the demotion, the revolt, and the world the probe found anyway.
Exactly two decades ago the astronomical expert world made a historical decision, which still shows after-effects. A small celestial body lost its ancestral status, but the discussions about it do not tear down. read more on t3n.de
Pluto has been a planet for twenty years. Scientists decided this at a congress held in Prague, presenting convincing arguments for its demotion and the creation of a completely new category of celestial bodies.
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