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Is Pluto a Planet or a Dwarf Planet?

Text Evidence
Pluto is a Planet
Pluto has already been classified as a planet for the
last 79 years. WIAP & WIAPNAP
How clear does the orbit of a planet need to be, to be
considered a planet? WIAPNAP
Reclassifying Pluto will create a hot mess in history
because it will require changes in all historical
Data (text books, museums) para.11 of WIAPNAP
Less than 500 scientists/astronomers voted the issue;
if IAU members were allowed to vote by email, the
definition of planet might not have passed.

Pluto is a DWARF Planet


Plutos orbit intersects with Neptunes orbit WIAP
Eris is bigger than Pluto and Eris is not a planet
WIAP
Pluto does not meet the 3rd criteria of the definition
of a planet WIAP
The problem is the fact that its orbit is in the Kuiper
Belt along with 43 other known KBOs. WIAP
Less than 500 scientists/astronomers voted the issue;
if IAU members were allowed to vote by email, the
definition of planet might not have passed.

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