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Why was Pluto classified as not a planet

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the international astronomical union (IAU) downgraded the status of pluto to that of a dwarf planet because it did not meet the three criteria the IAU uses to define a full-sized planet essentially pluto meets all the criteria except one it has not cleared its neighboring region of other objects

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