Why The Man Behind The New Horizons Mission Wants Pluto To Be A Planet Again
The debate over whether Pluto should be called a major planet or not has raged for years , coming to a read/write head in 2006 when it was reclassified as a dwarf major planet by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) . Now , that public debate is being catch fire once again . Alan Stern from the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder , Colorado , the human who lead the innovational New Horizonsmission to Plutoin 2015 , has co - author apapercalling for a reclassification of what a satellite is ....