:: spacey :: Pluto...you're barred!

+ A decision has been made on Pluto...and it's no longer a planet. After a week long confabulation, scientists decided on a definition 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."

Poor Pluto, along with the other 3 possible planet candidates are out of contention for planet status. Earlier I posted about the possibility of a planet increase. So, even though it seemed like the odds were in Pluto's favor...scientists have clearly taken its status away.