"The debate became even more animated ... Some astronomers advocate for a broader classification that would include Pluto and other similar bodies as planets, but such proposals have yet to ...

The debate became even more animated ... Some astronomers advocate for a broader classification that would include Pluto and other similar bodies as planets, but such proposals have yet to gain ...

This decision sparked widespread debate among scientists ... regardless of its classification. Though no longer officially a planet, Pluto continues to be a key focus of planetary research.

Why can’t planets orbit planets? The debate over Pluto’s status highlights the evolving nature of scientific classification. Definitions should reflect our growing understanding rather than ...

Alison Klesman, senior editor, Astronomy: To me, Pluto is not a planet — and that’s a sign of progress. Classification ... but the debate around Pluto’s planethood can roughly be split ...

I blame the Pluto people for that. (This is what a debate among astronomers talking about the term ‘dwarf planets’ was like.) Philip Metzger: We would say that there are a lot of dwarf planets ...

The discussion within and beyond scientific circles called this a demotion rather than a classification, but it could be argued that Pluto ... planets and plutoids. People across all sides of the ...

That proposal would return Pluto to planet status ... resolutions proposed to revisit Pluto's classification. "It is nevertheless good and healthy to debate such topics," he says.

This criteria has become a key sticking point in a wider classification debate ... reduced status of Pluto but is also calling for the definition of what constitutes a planet to be considerably ...