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Pluto’s Bid to Reclaim Planet Status Sparks Debate
Scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas weigh a revived, broader planet definition led by Kirby Runyon of Johns Hopkins and Alan Stern. Critics like Mike Brown and Neil de Grasse Tyson mock the nostalgia push while Pluto remains a dwarf world near Neptune.
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