is pluto a planet – Gallium Zone

Question: is pluto a planet
- Keywords:
  planet,
  pluto,
  space
Asked by timmons to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 14 Mar 2012.
- Laura Waters answered on 14 Mar 2012:
  
  Other scientists decided the answer was NO!
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060824-pluto-planet.html
- Lena Ciric answered on 14 Mar 2012:
  
  Pluto is a dwarf planet.
  
  Have a look at this link from Nasa: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-pluto-58.html
- Sean Murphy answered on 14 Mar 2012:
  
  There is always a grey area in how we define things like planets. Pluto was in this grey area and we had to make a decision. At the end of the day, pluto doesn’t care what we call it. It would still be out there even if we called it a cupcake.

Question: is pluto a planet