Wilkes Expert Weighs In on the Pluto Debate, “It’s Just Too Small to be a Planet”

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The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics hosted a debate surrounding the definition of a planet and whether or not Pluto, which was exiled from planet-status in 2006, should be reinstated as our solar system’s ninth planet. The International Astronomical Union was placed in charge of developing a universal definition of a planet in 2006 after many […]

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