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NEWS ABOUT: International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Having helped install a hometown boy in the White House and ousted its colorful governor, Illinois is next out to save Pluto, the Guardian reports. The state senate blasted the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 decision to demote the erstwhile ninth planet to a “dwarf planet,” and voted... More »

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planet • solar system • International Astronomical Union • Illinois • Pluto • dwarf planet • Clyde Tombaugh

Astronomers Throw Pluto
a Bone

Disgraced former planet gets its own category: 'plutoid'

Jun 12, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pluto-fans depressed over the former planet's demotion may be cheered by a new decision that small, nearly spherical objects orbiting beyond Neptune will be called "plutoids." The new name has been sanctioned by the International Astronomical Union, the same organization that stripped Pluto of its planetary status 2... More »

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International Astronomical Union • Pluto • plutoid

Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

Planet's latest addition sparks search for more

Jul 20, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered Saturn’s 60th moon, and are hinting that more could exist. In May, cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft captured the “extremely faint object,” which scientists have officially designated a moon and tentatively named Frank. Composed mostly of ice and rock, Frank is about a mile... More »

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NASA • European Space Agency • space • Saturn • Cassini • satellite • moons • Italian Space Agency • Methone • Pallene • Frank • Jupiter • International Astronomical Union

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