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LaurelsPlutoBlog

This is a blog advocating the overturning and/or ignoring of the controversial IAU planet definition that demoted Pluto, the adoption of a broader planet definition that includes all dwarf planets, and the chronicling of worldwide efforts toward these goals.

  • By Laurel Kornfeld
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly seven posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2022 26
2023 13
2024 7
2025 0

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Presentation Recordings of February 2024 Planet Characterization Workshop
Documents from and recordings of all presentations at the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Planet Characterization Conference, held in February 2024, are available for reading and viewing here.My presentation on February 21 was one of several …
On , by Laurel Kornfeld, 137 words
Winter Solstice
“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards, return again.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes described as “the most wonderful …
On , by Laurel Kornfeld, 508 words
18 Years Later, Proposed Change to IAU Planet Definition is Not the Answer
It isn’t, as the Celestron website one-sidedly states on its page about observing Pluto, a “fun holiday to celebrate.” What today is is the anniversary of a terrible day for science and knowledge, a day …
On , by Laurel Kornfeld, 1,379 words