95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's Best Country » dwarf planet http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pluto: Planet or Dwarf Planet? http://kezj.com/pluto-planet-or-dwarf-planet/ http://kezj.com/pluto-planet-or-dwarf-planet/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:30:32 +0000 Terry Morgan http://kezj.com/?p=155852 On this day 83 years ago, American astronomer Percival Lowell discovered Pluto. The distant, frozen, tiny rocky planet quickly became the 9th planet of our solar system. It held this position for 76 years until it was demoted to "Dwarf Planet" in 2006.

But I still consider Pluto the 9th planet of our solar system.

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