Illinois State Government Declares Pluto a Planet »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 9 months ago in Science & TechnologyThe Illinois state government has been reeling from the January impeachment of former Governor Milorad "Rod" Blagojevich. So to try to take the people's minds off the debacle, or maybe to satisfy their inner love of astronomy, the state Congressional leaders have crafted a rather curious resolution.
The House passed a measure "reinstating" Pluto as a planet . The announcement from the state's Congress reads:
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Pluto is now considered to be basically the start of the Oort Cloud, an icy leftover from the formation of the solar system and the home of comets. The problem with keeping Pluto a planet is, there are objects as large and larger than Pluto in this Oort Cloud, possibly in the hundreds or even thousands. Most of this material, Pluto included, are made of ice and would evaporate if brought in closer to the Sun, as comets do.
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