New planets waiting in the wings
Millions of school textbooks would be rendered obsolete if a draft resolution by a panel of astronomers and historians is adopted. The definition of the word "planet" would be changed which would enlarge the Solar System from nine planets to twelve. Charon, Pluto's moon, along with astral bodies Xena and Ceres, would be classified as planets.
The new def…
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