Heavens to Tombaugh!
Clyde Tombaugh, that is, discoverer of Pluto. Downgrading Pluto would be the biggest scientific shock since they renamed Brontosaurus.
Pluto's status attacked - Yahoo! News
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Despite being the farthest planet from Earth in our solar system, Pluto has come under attack from astronomers and may be about to lose its status in the battle.Technorati Tags: Pluto, planet, Clyde Tombaugh, Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus
Some 3,000 astronomers and scientists from around the world will meet in Prague this week to decide whether Pluto, discovered in 1930, measures up to the definition of a planet.
In defining for the first time what exactly a planet is, the International Astronomers Union (IAU) may be forced to downgrade Pluto's status, or add as many as 14 others.
