Pluto Protest
Honk if you think Pluto is a planet
After reading the article...
Only 4% of scientists in the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) voted to demote Pluto. Certainly NOT consensus.
Voting is only by those who physically attend the conference. One critic claims that they should institute electronic voting. How could anyone disagree with this?
One astronomer discusses how the criiteria for planethood is not fully developed and that both Earth, Jupiter and Neptune fail the criteria! So it sounds like the IAU needs to get a consensus on the definition of planethood before they should be demoting and promoting orbiting bodies to planethood!
It is nice to see that controversy in science is still alive, even within our solar system. And for the general public to see that science is not static.
After reading the article...
Only 4% of scientists in the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) voted to demote Pluto. Certainly NOT consensus.
Voting is only by those who physically attend the conference. One critic claims that they should institute electronic voting. How could anyone disagree with this?
One astronomer discusses how the criiteria for planethood is not fully developed and that both Earth, Jupiter and Neptune fail the criteria! So it sounds like the IAU needs to get a consensus on the definition of planethood before they should be demoting and promoting orbiting bodies to planethood!
It is nice to see that controversy in science is still alive, even within our solar system. And for the general public to see that science is not static.