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.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
In Memoriam: Carolyn Shoemaker, 1929–2021
In addition to being a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, Carolyn Shoemaker signed Alan Stern's petition of more than 300 scientists rejecting the 2006 IAU planet definition.
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