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Nature 442, 965-966 (31 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442965a; Published online 30 August 2006; Corrected 31 August 2006

Pluto: the backlash begins

Jenny Hogan

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Astronomers petition against new definition of a planet.

The future of the Solar System — or at least that of some of its nomenclature — may be thrown into turmoil by scientists who are calling for a boycott of a new definition of a planet.On 24 August, delegates at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague voted to define the planets of the Solar System by three criteria.

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