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This is a blog advocating the overturning and/or ignoring of the controversial IAU planet definition that demoted Pluto, the adoption of a broader planet definition that includes all dwarf planets, and the chronicling of worldwide efforts toward these goals.
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- Laurel Kornfeld
- I am a freelance writer and community activist who has worked on many progressive and Democratic political campaigns over the last 25 plus years and a lifelong resident of Highland Park, NJ. I have a BA in Journalism from Rutgers University, an MA in Middle East Studies from Harvard University, and an MEd in English Education from Rutgers Graduate School of Education. An enthusiastic amateur astronomer, I have just completed Swinburne University Astronomy Online's Graduate Certificate of Science in astronomy and am pursuing a Masters of Science in astronomy at Swinburne. I am also an actress with experience in theatre and film and have written a full length play. I am currently working full time on a book "The Little Planet That Would Not Die: Pluto's Story."
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This is exciting no matter what some international body calls Pluto. Whatever tag we hang on Pluto doesn't change what it is.
Yes, but what we call Pluto does matter in terms of how people think about and understand that world. The international body in question has done tremendous harm not just by confusing much of the public, but also by creating a situation in which Pluto is simply excluded when kids are taught about the solar system.
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