Pluto's classification change remains controversial, with critics challenging the voting process and planetary enthusiasts ...

More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto’s classification. But the question still comes up. When I am asked directly if I think Pluto is a planet, I tell everyone my ...

For example, the IAU’s decision to change Pluto’s classification in 2006 is wrongly attributed to confusion with the Disney character of the same name. In reality, the IAU downgraded Pluto ...

Fifteen years ago, Pluto was kicked out of the planet club ... The debate over classifying solar system objects reminds me of another classification challenge: categorizing the diversity of ...

The change was decided by a committee of the International Astronomical Union, which in 2006 took the controversial decision to demote Pluto from ... the new Plutoid classification at a meeting ...

After 76 years of classification as a planet, Pluto was demoted in 2006 to a dwarf ... which would mean that its surface features would change with temperature as it travels closer to and farther ...