“As best I can tell, ‘dwarf’ is an adjective and ‘planet’ is a noun … I think the IAU thinks they defined Pluto to not be a planet. But they in fact have defined Pluto to be a planet – a particular kind of planet.”
– Alan Stern. “New planet definition sparks furore“, NewScientist.com, 25 August 2006.

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