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Clyde Tombaugh
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Pluto classification and ongoing status debate
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Latest: Pluto planetary status debate intensifies two decades after reclassification
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. This decision, following a proposal by astronomers Julio Ángel Fernández and Gonzalo Tancredi, was based on specific cr
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