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[–] 10 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

Funny that the robot is from NASA - NASA didn't make the decision to declassify Pluto as a planet, and probably doesn't GAF. This was decided in 2006 by the International Astronomers Union at the end of the last day of their 2-week conference. The vote was taken after more than 80% of the 2500 attendees had already left.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yeah but I used to know one of the astronomers who voted to demote Pluto. Pluto had it coming. Either it got demoted or a lot of other stuff got promoted. And demoting Pluto makes it a more useful category.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    It really doesn't. It just makes it easier to make planetary system models that people can claim match the solar system.

    The current classification is like saying whales are fish because they live in the ocean, and it's better this way because we would have to rethink what "mammal" means.

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