Planet Controversy Pluto and Charon Dwarf Planets Solar System

Article discussing possible definitions that qualify objects, such as Pluto and Sedna in the Kuiper Belt, as being planets or not.

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• CBS News: Pluto: Planet Or Junk Snowball? - Outlines the history of the debate.
• PBS NewsHour: Pluto Debate - Reports regarding the controversy over Pluto\\'s classification, focusing dwarf planets on pop culture influences and newsworthiness.
• Much ado about Pluto - News release from NASA affirming Pluto's planetary status.
• Pluto - Argues that Pluto is the most important Kuiper pluto and charon pluto and charon Belt object, not the least important planet, based pluto and charon pluto and charon on its orbit and other properties. From astronomer pluto and charon pluto and charon Dave Jewitt, who studies comets and other primitive pluto and charon pluto and charon solar system bodies.
• Gravity Rules: The Nature of Planethood - Article discussing possible definitions that qualify objects, such pluto and charon planet controversy as Pluto and Sedna in the Kuiper Belt, pluto and charon planet controversy as being planets or not.
• IAU Resolutions 5&6 - The International Astronomical Union\\'s definition of a planet in the pluto and charon Solar System and ruling on the classification of Pluto.[PDF]
• National Geographic News: Pluto: Planet or Comet? - Discusses Pluto\\'s similarity to other Kuiper Belt objects, planet controversy and introduces a 5-way classification scheme for solar planet controversy system objects to break down the lumping together planet controversy of dissimilar planets.
• When Is a Planet Not a Planet? - Articles discusses the debate whether Pluto should be included among dwarf planets the planets. [Atlantic Monthly]
• SPACE.com: Pluto's Planet Status Could be Jeopardized by Sedna Discovery - Discusses the ongoing debate over the definition of pluto and charon planet controversy the term "planet", and suggests that if Pluto pluto and charon planet controversy should be considered a planet, so should Sedna pluto and charon planet controversy and similar bodies.
• New Horizons: Is Pluto a Planet? - Brief discussion of the controversy, and suggested classification pluto and charon dwarf planets of "Ice Dwarf" for Pluto, Charon, Sedna, and pluto and charon dwarf planets similar objects.
• Is Pluto a Giant Comet? - Discusses related discoveries and excerpts.
• Astronomer Upset at New Planet Proposal - Washington Post article describes Michael Brown\\'s disagreement with planet controversy a dwarf planets proposal to expand the definition of a planet controversy planet to dwarf planets include, among others, his own discovery.
• SciZone - Ontario Science Centre: Pluto: Planet or Not? - Brief nontechnical introduction to Pluto and similar objects dwarf planets such as Sedna and Quaoar, and a summary dwarf planets of the features that make Pluto different than dwarf planets the other planets. Includes a capsule summary of dwarf planets the arguments for and against calling Pluto a dwarf planets planet.
• What is a Planet - Reviews newly-discovered objects that stretch the definition of planet controversy the pluto and charon term, including massive superjupiters, free-floating planets, and planet controversy other exoplanets. pluto and charon Suggests a definition based on planet controversy the way an pluto and charon object is formed. From planet controversy astronomer Gibor Basri.

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