Pluto a Planet Again -- On Friday the 13th, in Illinois

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 11:36 in Astronomy & Space

State officials voted to re-establish Pluto as a planet for a day to honor a homegrown hero, inadvertently flaring up the ongoing discussion over the icy body's status in the solar system.

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