In 2006, the International Astronomical Union declassified Pluto, the littlest big planet of the solar system, from a real planet to a dwarf planet. This is a tragedy of monumental proportions and SackBoy, along with your support, is fighting to reclaim Pluto as the ninth planet.
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Pluto IS a real planet. The reality is that only four percent of the International Astronomical Union voted to demote it, and most who voted are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed by a petition of 300 professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. In adopting the very sloppy definition that demoted Pluto (one that claims a dwarf planet is not a planet at all), the IAU violated its own bylaws by ignoring the resolution presented by its own committe and instead introducing a new resolution in real time--something the group's procedure disallows. Also, many planetary scientists are not members of the IAU and therefore had no say whatsoever in this decision.
Many professional astronomers continue to believe that a planet is simply an object in hydrostatic equilibrium--in other words, with enough self-gravity to pull itself into a round shape--that orbits a star. Pluto meets these qualifications.
I encourage people of all ages to not just purchase this game, but also to advocate for Pluto's reinstatement. Contact information for the IAU can be found at http://www.dwarfplanetsrplanets2.com
Wow, that's really interesting. Yeah, I signed the petition on Proposition Pluto on Sackboy's website. I think it's silly to say that Pluto isn't a planet. It reminds me of when people say that the thumb is not a finger.
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