Back by popular demand: public backs Pluto for planethood

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated October 14 2014 - 10:13am, first published October 3 2014 - 1:59am
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA
This photo taken by the Hubble Space telescope and released by NASA shows the planet Pluto, centre, with its moons. Photo: AP/NASA
This photo taken by the Hubble Space telescope and released by NASA shows the planet Pluto, centre, with its moons. Photo: AP/NASA
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA
The surface of Pluto as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003 and released on February 4, 2010. Photo: Reuters/NASA

Pluto can thank its lucky stars it's got a strong fan base on Earth.

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