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Pluto Should Be A Planet

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Pluto should still be a planet. The new definition of planet relies on information (mass, shape) that was not and could not be known in the 1930s. “Start calling Pluto a planet right now because that’s how science makes progress, by one person at a time being convinced of the truth and adopting it. Science is not decided by votes and you are not required to submit to nonsense.” When people explain why they think Pluto is not a planet, they say it’s just too small. In, addition to Pluto’s orbit Neptune’s gravity does affect Pluto. It keeps pluto in a resonant orbit - Pluto orbits the sun exactly twice in the time that Neptune orbits three times. That resonance is the result of Neptune’s gravity acting on Pluto.The IAU definition of a planet
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