![]() ![]() ![]() On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union passed a new definition of planet that excludes Pluto and puts it in a new category of dwarf planet. ![]() Some astronomers have long argued that Pluto's small size, less than one-fifth the diameter of Earth, and a weird tilted orbit that takes it inside Neptune every couple hundred years, make Pluto more like a Kuiper Belt body than a full-fledged planet. Pluto was discovered in 1930 as a result of an extensive search by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. It does mean that newly designated dwarf planets such as Eris and Ceres will be given a seat at the table, and are likely to become better understood as astrological symbols before much more time has passed. Since there is a well-established body of research on the very distinctive effects of Pluto in natal charts, by transit, and in combination with other transiting outer planets, we will go on just as always. Of course, this does not diminish its importance for astrologers. Pluto has recently been termed a dwarf planet by a convening of the International Astronomical Union in Prague. ![]()
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