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Originally Posted by Blob
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Great, its a minor planet and its a dwarf planet.  This is why I have waited for all the smoke to clear out before getting back to Pluto.
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An IAU working group is being set up to decide whether any other objects qualify for the dwarf planet list. Other Pluto-like objects, such as 2005 FY9, will be considered for membership, Spahr says.
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Time will tell.
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Not everyone has been quick to adopt the new planet definition, however. On the day of the IAU decision, two members of the California state assembly introduced a resolution condemning the "mean-spirited" IAU for its decision on Pluto, calling it "a hasty, ill-considered scientific heresy".
Introduced by Keith Richman and Joseph Canciamilla, the resolution says the fact that Pluto shares its name with the dog made famous in Disney cartoons gives it "a special connection to California history and culture".
"Downgrading Pluto's status will cause psychological harm to some Californians who question their place in the universe and worry about the instability of universal constants," it adds.
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Hmmmm....I was going to suggest we announce to the general public that the sun is most assuredly - not yellow. Perhaps we should wait a while. 
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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.
"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.
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