Aug 24, 200608:03 AMThe Life

No, Pluto-Charon is a double zero

Aug 24, 2006 - 08:03 AM
Pluto-Charon image courtesy of Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility; NASA...in answer to yesterday's question: Is Pluto-Charon a double planet?

Unfortunately the Pluto-haters at IAU have won.

For now, anyway.

According to those killjoys, there are now only eight planets.

And poor Pluto has been demoted to the status of dwarf planet.

But maybe Pluto-Charon can find some comfort in being called a "dwarf double planet"...

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