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Saturday, August 26, 2006
Goodbye Pluto!
About 10 days ago, I wrote about the meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague for deciding Pluto fate. I predicted that we will end up with a solar system with only eight planets, and Pluto will not be consider an official planet anymore.
Well, I read today that my prediction came true! Pluto is now a "dwarf planet." Apparently some people disagree with this decision, but to my point of view this is they way it should be. Our solar system has only eight planets, and there are two astroid belts. You can read detailed news from The New York Times, or from BBC.
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About 10 days ago, I wrote about the meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague for deciding Pluto fate. I predicted that we will end up with a solar system with only eight planets, and Pluto will not be consider an official planet anymore.Well, I read today that my prediction came true! Pluto is now a "dwarf planet." Apparently some people disagree with this decision, but to my point of view this is they way it should be. Our solar system has only eight planets, and there are two astroid belts. You can read detailed news from The New York Times, or from BBC.
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'Plutoed' voted US word of year
From BBC
"Plutoed" has been chosen as word of the year for 2006 by the American Dialect Society, beating "climate canary" in a run-off vote.
If you have been "plutoed" you have been demoted or devalued, just as happened to the former planet Pluto when its status was downgraded.
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From BBC
"Plutoed" has been chosen as word of the year for 2006 by the American Dialect Society, beating "climate canary" in a run-off vote.
If you have been "plutoed" you have been demoted or devalued, just as happened to the former planet Pluto when its status was downgraded.
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