Breaking: Astronmers vote in new guidelines on planets, Pluto demoted

Date: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 10:06 AM

Astronomers Demote Pluto

The solar system just got downsized. Leading astronomers have declared
Pluto is no longer a planet. The decision comes under historic new
guidelines about what is and what isn't a planet, and it means the solar
system now has not nine, but eight.