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What's in a Name?
Recent discoveries of objects in the outer reaches of our solar system have called into question what should and should not be considered a "planet." After two years of deliberations by the world's astronomical community, a committee of seven astronomers, writers and historians is proposing a new definition of the word "planet," and a newly defined planet category, "pluton," to the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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