The Solar System's most eccentric orb was in dire need of a PR pro last month when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reconfigured the definition of the word planet, knocking Pluto out of the classic nine.
Dr. Mark Sykes to the rescue. The director of the Tucson, AZ-based Planetary Science Institute, a nonprofit research center, Sykes is calling on the global astronomy community to think of an alternate definition, one which would clarify Pluto's status once and for all.
"The problem with ...