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
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Slow and Steady Progress
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
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What We Knew Of the Surface Before the Mission to Pluto
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Pluto Flyby by Horizon
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New Horizon Exiting Atmosphere
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Aaand We Have Liftoff
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Data Transfer To And From NASA and New Horizons
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Interstellar Flyby
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Documentary On The New Horizons Mission
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
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