Pluto has been demoted from world to dwarf the earth, as well as now there are merely eight worlds in our solar system, according to the new planet classification system. The brand-new (and merely so far) official meaning of the earth happens to be: "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sunlight, has adequate mass for its self-gravity to conquer stiff body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round contour, and has opened the community around its orbit. Pluto happens to be immediately precluded since its oblong orbit overlaps having Neptune's. As an alternative, it will happen to be reclassified in a brand-new classification of 'dwarf the planets,' similar to what long have happened to be termed 'small the planets'. The definition also sets out a third class of lesser items that orbit the sun - 'small solar system bodies'. a terminology that is going to apply to many asteroids, comets and additional natural satellites. CNN.com Thursday, August 24, 2006; Placed: 10:27 a.m. EDT (14:27 GMT.

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