Astronomers struggle to define 'planet'

August 13th, 2006 in Space & Earth / Astronomy

(AP) -- Our solar system is suffering an identity crisis. For decades, it has consisted of nine planets, even as scientists debated whether Pluto really belonged. Then the recent discovery of an object larger and farther away than Pluto threatened to throw this slice of the cosmos into chaos.

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