• Question: why is pluto no longer a planet? it was my favourite planet :(

    Asked by connorp to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Judith McCann

      Judith McCann answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      I know!! this is annoying to me too!!

      There is an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that contains rocky lumps, some of which are far bigger than Pluto. There was a big debate on which things should be called planets, I think if they let Pluto be a planet then lots of other things should be classed as planets-so it’s a “dwarf planet” now!

      It was voted on by a few hundred astronomers at the International Astronomical Union in 2006, goodbye Pluto!

    • Photo: Gemma Sharp

      Gemma Sharp answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      🙁 poor pluto

    • Photo: Aimé Fournier

      Aimé Fournier answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Ditto.

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