http://www.the-cow.net/2009/05/ah-internets/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.the-cow.net/2009/05/ah-internets/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Laurel Kornfeld Fri, 08 May 2009 05:25:53 +0000 http://www.the-cow.net/?p=538#comment-2828 Pluto IS still a planet. Only four percent of the International Astronomical Union voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Stern and like-minded scientists favor a broad planet definition that includes any non-self-luminous spheroidal body orbiting a star. This debate is far from over. Pluto IS still a planet. Only four percent of the International Astronomical Union voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. Stern and like-minded scientists favor a broad planet definition that includes any non-self-luminous spheroidal body orbiting a star. This debate is far from over.

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