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Old 07-September-2006, 01:22 PM
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Default Well, look at this!

Go to this page: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPDes.html

Type "Pluto".
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It's been updated -- just type "Pluto" and you'll get

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(134340) Pluto

Additional identifications = Object Lowell Observatory = X
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(136108) 2003 EL61
(136199) 2003 UB313
(136472) 2005 FY9
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It's a minor mistake, right? Will they start a dwarf list?
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Most likely. According to MPC Pluto got the number because Ceres already has (1). Some asteroids are already double-designated as comets, so dwarf planets may get own numbering system (if there is a need).
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At some point, I would assume they would want to have a separate category.

Maybe you should have a contest as to how many we'll have by Christmas.
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Pluto will henceforth be known as minor planet 134340 Pluto, according to a new designation by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre.
The decision to include Pluto among the many asteroids and comets in the minor planet catalogue makes official the icy body's recent - and highly controversial - demotion from planethood.
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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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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.
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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