Archive for August 26th, 2006

Pluto “demoted”

Posted: 26th August 2006 by yeehan in Announcement, Science & Technology

This is the latest news which shocked the astronomical world when it was announced on 24 August 2006. International Astronomical Union (IAU) declared on Thursday onwards that there are only eight (8) planets which orbit around the sun; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. So, what happened to Pluto? After seven decades as [...]

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