Tombaugh, the Kansas farm boy who discovered the ninth planet in 1930 died in 1997 at the age of 90. He had his ashes blasted into space to the planet he discovered which would reach by the year 2015, but the astronomers on earth said that his destination now was headed for not a planet but a new category of a “dwarf Planet”. Pluto is too small to be considered a planet because it’s smaller than earths moon so that’s why the astronomers and now calling it a dwarf planet and lowering the planet count to 8. There is only one other planet considered a dwarf planet that is Ceres which stands between Mars and Jupiter.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0801_050801_newplanet.html
A new planet has been discovered called "2003 UB313". It orbits the sun like all planets, and is bigger than the pluto.
I don't think Pluto should have ever been considered a planet because it's too small.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/08/13/plutos_status_attacked/
Dwarf planet? Interesting.
I think that is awesome that this person discovred the ninth planet that is a remarkable discovery and should deserve credit for it. That is cool that they would send him to space.
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Whoa that article really touched me. I can't believe your work could be so good. Please contuine amaze everyone.
I think that Pluto should still be considered a planet.
solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Dwarf&Display=OverviewLong
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