[Assam] Pluto Demoted as Planet

Tue Aug 29 20:43:06 PDT 2006

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> Subject: Pluto Demoted as Planet
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:08:06 -0400
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> Pluto Demoted as Planet 
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> A barrage of media stories, blogs, and buzz followed
> last weeks announcement that Pluto is no longer
> considered our Solar Systems ninth planet. At a
> meeting of its General Assembly in Prague, the
> International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted to
> adopt new guidelines defining what isand isnta
> planet. According to an Associated Press story,
> Pluto doesn't make the grade under the new rules for
> a planet: "a celestial body that is in orbit around
> the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to
> overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes
> a...nearly round shape, and has cleared the
> neighbourhood around its orbit." Pluto is
> disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with
> Neptune's and it will now be considered a 
dwarf
> planet
 in a new classification system. For now,
> membership is restricted to the eight "classical"
> planets in the Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth,
> Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
> 
>  According to Gerry Wheeler, NSTA Executive
> Director, "Science is not a static set of facts. Our
> understanding of science is constantly changing as
> new evidence is added. This is a perfect teachable
> moment to show the dynamic nature of science.

> To read news coverage in Scientific American
> Magazine about the IAU vote, visit
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa007&articleID=000BAB90-0894-14EE-889483414B7F014C.
> To read a CNN story featuring comments from NSTA
> Executive Director, Gerry Wheeler; NSTA
> President-Elect, John Whitsett; and former NSTA
> Pre-school-Elementary Committee Chair, Rich Hogen,
> visit
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/08/25/pluto.reaction.
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> New Orleans Hotels Provide Free Lodging to Teaching
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