In a move that shocked all known planet lovers, Pluto has been stripped of the honorific title of "planet".
The International Astronomical Union who made the decision made textbook traders rush to yank all "nine planet" books and replace them with the more correct "eight planets and Pluto the planet formerly known as". Another issue is dealing with mnemonic sayings. It is now apparent that the children of the world will not be eating anymore pizzas (My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas).
The scientists agreed that for a celestial body to qualify as a planet:
The International Astronomical Union who made the decision made textbook traders rush to yank all "nine planet" books and replace them with the more correct "eight planets and Pluto the planet formerly known as". Another issue is dealing with mnemonic sayings. It is now apparent that the children of the world will not be eating anymore pizzas (My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas).
The scientists agreed that for a celestial body to qualify as a planet:
[*]it must be in orbit around the Sun
[*]it must be large enough that it takes on a nearly round shape
[*]it has cleared its orbit of other objects