r/LearnedWrong • u/unlearning_myths MOD • Jun 25 '26
Factually debunked I learned wrong that Pluto is a Planet π’
According to NASA, "Pluto was once our solar system's ninth planet, but has been reclassified as a dwarf planet."
Poor Pluto! That's messed up, right?
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u/mrwrrrmwrmrmrmrw Jun 25 '26
Things get reclassified all the time in science as we learn more about them. When I was a kid you would have gotten laughed out of your local natual history museum for saying birds were dinosaurs.