Pluto+Essay+and+Citations

CJ, Jordan, Kevin, Zach

November, 17 2010

Ms. Darrough

World Dynamics CEC 1

__**Planetary Perplex **__

 Space. The final countdown. The countdown of what you may ask? The planets, that's what. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune...no Pluto? That's right, Pluto is no longer considered a planet. From 1930 to August 23rd, 2006, Pluto was considered a planet. August 24th, 2006 was the day Pluto was voted by the IAU, that Pluto should be a Dwarf Planet. Less than five percent of the IAU voted for Pluto being demoted, and the other ninety-five percent wasn't even involved with the voting! Pluto has been a planet for 76 years, so why did they declare it a planet 76 years ago? We believe that Pluto has been wronged by the IAU, and should be promoted back to planet status. For 76 years we have been teaching, and learning that Pluto is a planet. In text books and encyclopedia's Pluto has been considered a planet. And how much will that costs changing every text book and encyclopedia's in the world. It will cost almost more than 1 million dollars. Now that people say that Pluto isn't a planet anymore teachers will now have to teach their way of teaching about the Solar System.

__**Work Cited **__

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