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The Pluto Files Part 5
Part of this book will be read in class, some in partners and some at home. Each time you are
assigned a section to read you are responsible for answering these questions.
Chapter 6: Pluto’s Judgement Day
1. What did the IAU do to determine what a planet was?
2. What was the committee’s recommendation?
3. What else would become a planet immediately with this new definition?
4. How did the IAU edit the definition in Prague at the meeting?
5. How does Soter quantify if a planet has a “clean orbit”?
6. What was the result on August 24, 2006 for Pluto, Ceres and Eris?
7. What do the funny headlines tell us about culture?
8. What do the IAU votes usually do?
9. What did Sykes do after the IAU vote?
10. What is Sykes really calling for? Does the author agree?