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Old 26-02-2008, 10:14 PM
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It never ceases to amaze me how people still believe it was a 'demotion' and they still think it has to do with size. Even Tombaugh thought soon after his discovery that Pluto was not a planet.

People, get over it, it is a scientific classification - Pluto itself has not changed.

Stand by for what New Horizon may bring and a possible reclassification into something else - thats the nature of science. As we learn more about something we more accurately classify it.
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