- Six New Horizons scientists propose geophysical planet definition: "A planet is a sub-stellar mass body that has never undergone nuclear fusion and that has sufficient self-gravitation to assume a spheroidal shape adequately described by a triaxial ellipsoid regardless of its orbital parameters" http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2017/pdf/1448.pdf 26 comments science
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- Pluto is a planet, Nasa chief says | The Independent | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pluto-planet-nasa-space-a9079651.html 88 comments
- NASA scientists want to make Pluto a planet again http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2017/02/21/pluto-have-last-laugh-nasa-scientists-wants-make-pluto-planet-again/98187922/ 31 comments
- NASA Scientists Have Proposed a New Definition of Planets, And Pluto Could Soon Be Back : ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-scientists-have-proposed-a-new-definition-for-planets-and-it-could-change-everything 19 comments
- You Won't Like The Consequences Of Making Pluto A Planet Again https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/05/08/you-wont-like-the-consequences-of-making-pluto-a-planet-again/#6a260f4d3422 6 comments
- New Definition Would Make the Moon and Pluto Planets | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-definition-would-make-moon-and-pluto-planets-180962379/ 6 comments
- Pluto might be a planet again. Let’s talk about why this matters. http://www.popsci.com/pluto-might-be-planet-again 6 comments
- Study suggests we reclassify the moon as a planet – reopening a centuries-old debate http://theconversation.com/study-suggests-we-reclassify-the-moon-as-a-planet-reopening-a-centuries-old-debate-73575 5 comments
- Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back - Seeker http://www.seeker.com/behind-the-push-to-get-pluto-its-planetary-groove-back-2290287200.html 0 comments
- Why Pluto is a planet and many moons are, too - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/07/yes-pluto-is-a-planet/?noredirect=on 0 comments
- Why Pluto is a planet and many moons are, too - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/07/yes-pluto-is-a-planet/ 0 comments