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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] And then there were 8... [QUOTE] [URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny_10]Astronomers say Pluto is not a planet[/URL] PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. The new definition of what is � and isn't � a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.[/QUOTE]I bet it was the Gas Giant lobby that did poor Pluto in. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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