That's the most interesting piece of news I have come across in near past. I thought promotions and demotions were part of only corporate life, but now even the planets have to go through the same. Pluto's title of a 'planet' got endangered when a number of bodies like Xena or Sedna in space beyond Pluto. These bodies also claimed for the status of planets. And like what would happen in a corporate organization instead of promoting all of them; the management (read "Leading astronomers") decide to strip the Pluto of its title and call it a 'dwarf planet' along with others. To us it really doesn't matters whether the Pluto is called a planet or not. It will still be there as it was for so many years, going around the Sun. But I was wondering what happens to other sciences like astrology which were based on the fact that we have 9 planets. Also I would like to quote here a piece about the discoverer of the 'planet' Pluto ... "Pluto, whic...
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