Poor Pluto. One day you’re a planet, the next day you’re a “dwarf with potential.”

  • wewbull@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    That’s correct by definition, but the reason the definition was changed to exclude pluto was because our knowledge changed.

    We found more Pluto-like objects and it became clear they weren’t the same thing as the other 8 planets. They needed their own classification. So we created one (Dwarf Planets) and put Pluto in it along with its brethren.