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Nature 436, 1088 (25 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/4361088a; Published online 24 August 2005

Dual role for Pluto in the great planetary debate

Tom Gehrels1

  1. Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

The discovery of 2003 UB313, an object larger and farther away than Pluto, has once again stimulated the debate on how we define a planet (Nature 436, 616; 2005). The official status of 2003 UB313 will be decided by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

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