{"id":244190,"date":"2024-07-16T21:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/a-new-formula-for-defining-a-planet-still-keeps-pluto-out-of-the-club\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:36","slug":"a-new-formula-for-defining-a-planet-still-keeps-pluto-out-of-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/a-new-formula-for-defining-a-planet-still-keeps-pluto-out-of-the-club\/","title":{"rendered":"A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pluto is a dwarf planet<\/p>\n

NASA\/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory\/Southwest Research Institute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A mathematical formula to determine whether objects in space should be classed as a planet could make it easier to identify objects around other stars \u2013 but it is bad news for anyone hoping that Pluto could regain its planethood.<\/p>\n

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) infamously demoted Pluto from planet to dwarf planet status<\/a> in a controversial decision that left our solar system with eight planets. The IAU cited the fact that Pluto hadn\u2019t cleared its orbit of other debris as a critical factor in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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