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Redefining 'Planet'

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Forum discusses a proposal by the International Astronomers Union to change the longstanding definition of the word “planet.”

Guests:

Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer and chair of the astronomy program at Foothill College

Ken Croswell, astronomer and author of "Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun"

Owen Gingerich, professor emeritus of astronomy and the history of science at Harvard University, and senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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