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Published 'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto - Plutoid: The New Name for Solar System Objects Like Pluto
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets lik...
Published Space enthusiasts are being given the rare opportunity to name a planet - Space Enthusiasts Get Rare Chance to Name a Planet
(via sciencedaily.com) Several organizations are eligible to name one of 20 to 30 planets, and their host stars, in a uniqu...
Published Official naming of surface features on Pluto and its satellites: First step approved - Official Naming of Surface Features on Pluto and its Satellites: First Step Approved
(via sciencedaily.com) The New Horizons flyby of Pluto and its satellites returned a scientific treasure trove of informati...
Published Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say - Pluto Should Be Reclassified as a Planet, Experts Say
(via sciencedaily.com) The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research. ABSTRACT: Pluto Sho...
Published Pluto features given first official names - Pluto Features Given First Official Names
(via sciencedaily.com) The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union has offi...
Published Pluto's largest moon, Charon, gets its first official feature names - Pluto's Largest Moon, Charon, Gets Its First Official Feature Names
(via sciencedaily.com) Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in ...
Published New limit on the definition of a planet proposed - New Limit on the Definition of a Planet Proposed
(via sciencedaily.com) A planet can be no bigger than about 10 times the size of Jupiter, an astrophysicist has calculated....
Published Scientific definition of a planet says it must orbit our sun; A new proposal would change that
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is ma...
Published Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status - Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status
(via sciencedaily.com) Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: regardless of what one prestigious scientific organizati...
Published Names for new Pluto moons accepted - Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted
(via sciencedaily.com) The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the names Kerberos and Styx for the f...
Published Despite new information, Pluto will remain a dwarf planet, cosmologist says - Despite New Information, Pluto Will Remain a Dwarf Planet, Cosmologist Says
(via sciencedaily.com) Back in 1930, it was an easy answer -- Pluto was a planet because we couldn't see anything else brig...
Published Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea - Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The International Astronomical Union has announced that the object previously known as 2003 EL61 is...
Published ESO telescope reveals what could be the smallest dwarf planet yet in the solar system - ESO Telescope Reveals the Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers using ESO's SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the a...
Published Dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere: Distant frigid world reveals its secrets for first time - Dwarf Planet Makemake: A Frigid World Without an Atmosphere
(via sciencedaily.com) Dwarf planet Makemake is about two thirds of the size of Pluto, and travels around the Sun in a dist...