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Pluto stripped of its planet status
A vote at the International Astronomical Union in Prague has demoted the distant world - now the solar system has eight planets
Pluto has lost its seven-decade status as the ninth and outermost planet of the solar system, the world's top astrononomical body has decided.
The decision was made at an assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
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