S0V13T Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Pluto has been given a new name to reflect its new status as a dwarf planet. On Sept. 7, the former 9th planet was assigned the asteroid number 134340 by the Minor Planet Center, the official organization responsible for collecting data about asteroids and comets in our solar system. The move reinforces the International Astronomical Union's recent decision to strip Pluto of its planethood and places it in the same category as other small solar-system bodies with accurately known orbits. Pluto's companion satellites, Charon, Nix and Hydra are considered part of the same system and will not be assigned separate asteroid numbers, said MPC director emeritus Brian Marsden. Instead, they will be called 134340 I, II and III, respectively. Full article: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14789691/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Hahah! They should start numbering dwarfs as they are not the same size as other people and are therefore more similar to other animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I thought that a lot of people in the IAU had bemoaned the decision to deplanet Pluto as being patently undemocratic due to the archaic voting system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Refresh my memory please....which one wore clothes? Goofy or Pluto??? c4 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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