Petition for IMMEDIATE REVERSAL of decision to demote Pluto to “Dwarf Planet” by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
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ATTENTION:
- Ron Ekers (Past IAU President)
- Catherine Cesarsky (IAU President, Member of the Planet Definition Committee)
- Jan Palous (Chair of the National Organising Committee)
- Richard Binzel (Member of the Planet Definition Committee)
- Karel van der Hucht (incoming Secretary General)
We, the signatories herein, comprising of concerned citizens of the world strongly object to the decision and seek the IMMEDIATE REVERSAL of the Result of the IAU Resolution votes to demote Pluto from a planet to a ‘dwarf planet’. Furthermore, experts like University of Tennessee Physics Professor Bill Blass who still considers Pluto to be a planet (see WBIR.com article) and NASA’s head of New Horizons mission to Pluto, Dr Alan Stern ridicules the definition and states that it would have never passed ‘peer review’ (see BBC article) are some who are opposed to the IAU’s decision.
We trust that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) will take into account the feedback of the concerned citizens and experts seriously enough to consider the reversal of their decision to demote Pluto.
Sincerely,
Concerned citizens (see the list of signatories and their own comments)
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2213. baby trees | June 26th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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2210. David Glen | June 25th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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2209. barisharslan | June 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
pluto is a planet
2208. Tommy | June 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Pluto is a planet. For decades, it has been taught as a planet and now, it’s been renamed into so many things from being a dwarf planet to a plutoid. This is such a big problem to everyone telling them that they are wrong by calling Pluto a planet when they were taught that. Now schools, teachers, and textbook companies have to change lesson plans and wordings about Pluto. Rather than spend so much time arguing if Pluto is or isn’t a planet, astronomers and researchers should be trying to figure other mysteries out there and let Pluto be.
2207. Selma Oliveira | June 17th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
The whole Pluto demotion thing is a pretty bad example of “bad science”.
I only hope that Alan Stern can fix it in the next IAU meeting in 2009.
2206. JJ Loch | June 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Pluto lives on in my heart as a planet. You can’t take such a significant childhood wonder away from a person. It’s not right.
JJ
2205. Alison Miller | June 17th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Pluto was a planet for almost a century and I understand no wanting to add that other planet, but getting rid of Pluto’s planet status is just plain RUDE. I rest my case. -Alison Miller age 13
2204. Kevin McCormack | June 16th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
How dare you. I am disgusted. I feel like throwing up in my mouth. You small, small men. To strip Pluto of its rank is to rob it of its majesty. I hereby move that anti-Pluto scientists be stripped of their rank of scientist and be known as barbarians.
2203. james dalton | June 16th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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2202. Bob | June 15th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Pluot shoud be grandfathered as a planet.
2201. CS | June 15th, 2008 at 3:55 am
PLUTO IS DEFINITELY AND ABSOLUTELY A PLANET!!! SAVE PLUTO!!!
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