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PBS NewsHour: Pluto Debate Open in a new windowLink Details
- Reports regarding the controversy over Pluto's classification, focusing on pop culture influences and newsworthiness.
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/science/pluto/index.html

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Astronomer Upset at New Planet Proposal Open in a new windowLink Details
- Washington Post article describes Michael Brown's disagreement with a proposal to expand the definition of a planet to include, among others, his own discovery.
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/19/AR2006081900344.html

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IAU Resolutions 5&6 Open in a new windowLink Details
- The International Astronomical Union's definition of a planet in the Solar System and ruling on the classification of Pluto.[pdf format]
- http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf

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CBS News: Pluto: Planet Or Junk Snowball? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Outlines the history of the debate.
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/tech/main673946.shtml

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What is a Planet Open in a new windowLink Details
- Reviews newly-discovered objects that stretch the definition of the term, including massive superjupiters, free-floating planets, and other exoplanets. Suggests a definition based on the way an object is formed. From astronomer Gibor Basri.
- http://astron.berkeley.edu/~basri/defineplanet/whatsaplanet.htm

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Yes, Pluto Really is a Planet Open in a new windowLink Details
- Argues that no commonly-accepted category fits it better. Includes a proposed definition of planet, and a list of known objects meeting it. From Lowell Observatory astronomer Marc W. Buie.
- http://www.lowell.edu/users/buie/pluto/planet.html

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SPACE.com: Pluto's Planet Status Could be Jeopardized by Sedna Discovery Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the ongoing debate over the definition of the term "planet", and suggests that if Pluto should be considered a planet, so should Sedna and similar bodies.
- http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/sedna_pluto_040317.html

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Pluto Open in a new windowLink Details
- Argues that Pluto is the most important Kuiper Belt object, not the least important planet, based on its orbit and other properties. From astronomer Dave Jewitt, who studies comets and other primitive solar system bodies.
- http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/kb/pluto.html

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New Horizons: Is Pluto a Planet? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief discussion of the controversy, and suggested classification of "Ice Dwarf" for Pluto, Charon, Sedna, and similar objects.
- http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/science/everything_pluto/11_pluto_planet.html

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IAU: Trans-Neptunian Object 2003 UB313 Open in a new windowLink Details
- Re-announces formation of a working group to produce a formal definition of a planet, in conjunction with the announcement of this Trans-Neptunian object larger than Pluto, which will not be named pending a formal definition.
- http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/2003_UB313.html

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SciZone - Ontario Science Centre: Pluto: Planet or Not? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief nontechnical introduction to Pluto and similar objects such as Sedna and Quaoar, and a summary of the features that make Pluto different than the other planets. Includes a capsule summary of the arguments for and against calling Pluto a planet.
- http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/brainz/hamilton/pluto_planet_or_not.asp

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National Geographic News: Pluto: Planet or Comet? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses Pluto's similarity to other Kuiper Belt objects, and introduces a 5-way classification scheme for solar system objects to break down the lumping together of dissimilar planets.
- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0216_Pluto.html

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Gravity Rules: The Nature of Planethood Open in a new windowLink Details
- Article discussing possible definitions that qualify objects, such as Pluto and Sedna in the Kuiper Belt, as being planets or not.
- http://www.spacedaily.com/news/outerplanets-04b.html

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Is Pluto a Giant Comet? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses related discoveries and excerpts.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQPluto.html

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Much ado about Pluto Open in a new windowLink Details
- News release from NASA affirming Pluto's planetary status.
- http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast17feb99_1.htm

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When Is a Planet Not a Planet? Open in a new windowLink Details
- Articles discusses the debate whether Pluto should be included among the planets. [Atlantic Monthly]
- http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98feb/pluto.htm

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