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Much ado about Pluto

Pluto has retained its status as a planet.

References:

1999. The status of Pluto: A clarification. International Astronomical Union Press Release. (Feb. 3).

Sources:

Richard P. Binzel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Mailstop Code 54-410
Cambridge, MA 02139-4301

Brian G. Marsden
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 9, February 27, 1999, p. 139. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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