This proposed new definition of planets would bring back Pluto, but would also reclassify over a hundred other celestial bodies -- including our moon!\r<br>\r<br>Do You Know What Color Pluto Really Is? - \r<br>Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - \r<br>\r<br>Read More:\r<br>Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back\r<br> \r<br>Plutos loss of planetary status in 2006 remains controversial. Now a new definition is being proposed that would restore Pluto while increasing the number of planets in our solar system to over 110.\r<br>\r<br>NASA Scientists Have Proposed a New Definition of Planets, and Pluto Could Soon Be Back\r<br> \r<br>The key change the team is hoping to get approved is that cosmic bodies in our Solar System no longer need to be orbiting the Sun to be considered planets - they say we should be looking at their intrinsic physical properties, not their interions with stars.\r<br>\r<br>Should Pluto Be a Planet After All? Experts Weigh In\r<br> \r<br>Pluto was demoted to a newly created category, dwarf planet, in 2006, partly because of the discovery a year earlier of Eris, another icy body from Plutos neighborhood. Eris was thought to be bigger than Pluto until Nov. 6, when astronomers got a chance to recalculate Eris size.\r<br>\r<br>____________________\r<br>\r<br>Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. \r<br>\r<br>Watch more Seeker on our website \r<br>\r<br>Seeker on Facebook \r<br>\r<br>Seeker on Twitter \r<br>\r<br>Trace Dominguez on Twitter \r<br>\r<br>Seeker \r<br>\r<br>Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here:
