Deseret News archives: Rueing the day they deemed Pluto a 'dwarf' planet

Bold move by officials on Aug. 24, 2006, created astronomical protest.

Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar ...
IFLScience

20 Years Ago, Pluto Stopped Being A Planet. This Is Why Campaigns To Restore It Aren’t Working

M onday, August 24 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) vote to adopt a formal definition ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Once the Solar System’s Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here’s Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body

A 24-year-old observatory assistant from the Midwest discovered Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh, born in 1906 in Streator, Illinois, ...
National Air and Space MuseumOpinion

How Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Changed the Definition of a Planet

The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revealed thousands of icy objects near Pluto, challenging its status as a planet. After the ...
NBC News

Is Pluto a planet or a dwarf planet? NASA chief picks sides in emotional debate

Is Pluto a planet, as generations of schoolchildren learned? Or is it really a dwarf planet, as astronomy’s official governing body has determined? NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says it’s the ...