Why Space.com Article is Wrong about Pluto’s Planet Status

Space.com is usually a very credible information site about all matters space and astronomy, which is why its October 23, 2022 article, “Why is Pluto Not a Planet?” is so disappointing in its blatant one-sidedness.

More than 16 years after the controversial IAU vote on a highly flawed planet definition, it is difficult to understand why this site would publish an article that is extremely selective in every one of the sources it uses as references. From the IAU web page to Mike Brown to Ethan Siegel, formerly of Forbes, to a Neil Tyson video, the article refers almost…