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Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system
A Note from the Author: On August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, by a majority vote of only the 424 members present, the IAU (an organization of over 10,000 members) passed a resolution defining planet in such a way as to exclude Pluto...
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Princeton Univ. Press
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1186485 |
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| author | Weintraub, David A |
| author_facet | Weintraub, David A |
| author_sort | Weintraub, David A |
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| description | A Note from the Author: On August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, by a majority vote of only the 424 members present, the IAU (an organization of over 10,000 members) passed a resolution defining planet in such a way as to exclude Pluto and established a new class of objects in the solar system to be called ""dwarf planets,"" which was deliberately designed to include Pluto. With the discovery of Eris (2003 UB313)--an outer solar system object thought to be both slightly larger than Pluto and twice as far from the Sun--astrono |
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| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
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| spelling | cern-11864852021-04-22T01:35:14Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1186485engWeintraub, David AIs Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar systemAstrophysics and AstronomyA Note from the Author: On August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, by a majority vote of only the 424 members present, the IAU (an organization of over 10,000 members) passed a resolution defining planet in such a way as to exclude Pluto and established a new class of objects in the solar system to be called ""dwarf planets,"" which was deliberately designed to include Pluto. With the discovery of Eris (2003 UB313)--an outer solar system object thought to be both slightly larger than Pluto and twice as far from the Sun--astronoPrinceton Univ. Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:11864852007 |
| spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Weintraub, David A Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title | Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title_full | Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title_fullStr | Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title_short | Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system |
| title_sort | is pluto a planet?: a historical journey through the solar system |
| topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1186485 |
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