Comments on: Cartoonist defends downgraded planet http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/cartoonist-defends-downgraded-planet/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Matthew Fabb http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/cartoonist-defends-downgraded-planet/#comment-2265 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:15:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/cartoonist-defends-downgraded-planet/#comment-2265 You are partly right Brian, they already have had their big conference, but nothing was decided. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_redefinition_of_planet" rel="nofollow">According to wikipedia</a>, various proposals were drafted and now they are going to be voting on these proposals tomorrow. Some include keeping Pluto as a planet while others don't. Once again, according to wikipedia, the leading proposal that currently has the most support would downgrade Pluto to a "dwarf planet" or "planetoid" or whatever they decide to call a smaller planets. You are partly right Brian, they already have had their big conference, but nothing was decided. According to wikipedia, various proposals were drafted and now they are going to be voting on these proposals tomorrow. Some include keeping Pluto as a planet while others don’t. Once again, according to wikipedia, the leading proposal that currently has the most support would downgrade Pluto to a “dwarf planet” or “planetoid” or whatever they decide to call a smaller planets.

]]> by: Brian Spence http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/cartoonist-defends-downgraded-planet/#comment-2241 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:47:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/cartoonist-defends-downgraded-planet/#comment-2241 I could be wrong, but I thought they had their big conference and decided that Pluto would stay a planet... Maybe I'm wrong. I could be wrong, but I thought they had their big conference and decided that Pluto would stay a planet…

Maybe I’m wrong.

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