Extra Extra Read All About It - NASA Boss Thinks Pluto IS A Planet

Though downgraded to dwarf planet status, Pluto has been on the comeback trail of late. Many issues arose with the reclassification in 2006, including that only 424 of the 9000 members of the international organization in charge of making such decisions voted. In addition, immediately after the resolution, hundreds of planetary scientists petitioned against the changed classification. The problem began when the body changed the definition of what constitutes a planet, and due to Pluto lacking several of these features, it was demoted.

A recent mission to Pluto by NASA called New Horizons, recently gave us our closest and clearest look of Pluto and the surrounding planetary bodies in its area and orbit.

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There You Have It, A NASA Administrator Going On Record That Pluto IS a Planet

via Cory Reppenhagen | Twitter
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Slow and Steady Progress

via GIF Of Pluto Shows How Camera Technology Has Improved Over The Last 85 Years | DIY Photography

This Gif is pretty incredible. This is a time lapse of how imaging technology has improved and changed our view of Pluto over the last 80+ years.
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Two Plutos Are Better Than One

via Pluto Disney | Tenor
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What We Knew Of the Surface Before the Mission to Pluto

via Planet Pluto | Tenor
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Pluto Flyby by Horizon

via Pluto flyby | Giphy
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New Horizon Exiting Atmosphere

via Pluto on the horizon | Science Magazine
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Aaand We Have Liftoff

via Pluto on the horizon | Science Magazine
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Data Transfer To And From NASA and New Horizons

via Pluto on the horizon | Science Magazine
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Interstellar Flyby

via Pluto on the horizon | Science Magazine
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Documentary On The New Horizons Mission

via The Year of Pluto | NASA

If you want to learn even more about the mission and its findings, NASA created an entire documentary and made it available on YouTube.
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For Anyone Who Wants to Watch a Two Hour Debate On The Subject

via LIVE! PSW 2409 A Planet Definition Debate | PSW Science