'We in Arizona haven't forgotten about you, Pluto,' the state representative who introduced the bill said.
Arizona has a new state emblem – and it's one that has been a source of controversy among scientists for years. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill on Friday designating Pluto – once considered the ninth planet of our solar system and since downgraded to a lesser status – the 'official state planet' of Arizona. The only thing is, Pluto technically isn't a planet.
'Pluto now falls into the dwarf planet category because it resides within a zone of other objects that might cross its orbital path, known as the Trans-Neptunian region,' the group says. 'Pluto is additionally recognised as an important prototype of a new class of Trans-Neptunian Objects: plutoids.'The other four dwarf planets in the solar system are Ceres, Haumea, Makemake and Eris. But for Arizona, the downgrade of classification didn't mean a downgrade of importance.
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