A bit of a bump, but apparently
Time just found out that Pluto's no longer a planet.
Time: The controversy over demoting Pluto
Actually it's Neil deGrassy Tyson's new book:
the Pluto files. But thats the headline on CNN.
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What, then, is the criteria for a planet?
In our exhibits, we abandoned the word planet as a useful word completely. We don't organize by planet status.
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Sounds like a cop out, but...
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But in science, memorization is not the ticket to understanding, and so, given that fact, why not teach it in a way that fosters insight into the form and structure of the solar system
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...Is a good point to make.