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Is a dwarf planet still a planet?

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In 2006, the International Astronomical Union met in Prague and decided to declare that Pluto is no longer a planet. Instead - get this - they decided it's a dwarf planet.
All right, so..... Isn't a dwarf planet still a planet?

After all, if a dwarf planet is not a planet, then what does that make a dwarf human? Not human?

C'mon people. We're playing word games here.

Actually, there are still a number of scientists who say that Pluto should still be considered a planet. (see related link)

So suffice it so say that according to a consortium of scientists that met in 2006, Pluto is no longer officially classified as one of the "big guys," but it's still a planet, albeit a dwarfish one. And they may change their minds again when they meet in Beijing in 2012.

There. Now everyone can get back to more important work, like, say, saving this planet.

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