Pluto demoted
August 24, 2006
The International Astronomical Union, meeting in Prague, voted to define a planet in a way that excluded Pluto, which became a "dwarf planet." School posters around the world had to be reprinted. Pluto's defenders dressed in mourning. Solar system politics had never produced this much grief in a single afternoon.
In context
Also in 2006 (5 other events on record)
- Twitter takes flight · North America · Technology
- Israel-Hezbollah war · Middle East · War
- North Korea's first nuclear test · East Asia · War
- Saddam Hussein hanged · Middle East · War
- PlayStation 3 and the HD console war · East Asia · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Science
Era
Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.
Sources