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New Mexico to Restore Status of Pluto as a Planet Posted by Guy Pirro on 3/10/2007 6:14 PM For many years, Pluto was thought of as the farthest known planet from the Sun. It has a very unusual orbit. Since the year 2000, astronomers realized that Pluto was not like the other eight planets but very much like a new group of objects found in the outer solar system. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) re-classified Pluto to be a dwarf planet. Now New Mexico is restoring Pluto's status as a planet. | Read full story |

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