Photo: "Pluto Huggers" Fight to Renew Planet Status

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Pluto (the largest disk, above) is seen from the surface of a nearby cosmic body in an artist's rendering.

Two years after Pluto was ousted from the planet lineup, some Pluto supporters said at an August 2008 meeting that they want to restore the now-dwarf planet's title.

Photograph courtesy NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI)

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