Re: Pluto is a rock, not a planet

In article <44eda86a$0$8868$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Widget <widget@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html

Pluto has been demoted and is no longer a planet.

Pluto Express was a waist of time and money, it's merely visiting a rock.

"Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit
overlaps with Neptune's."

OK, this is the second place I've seen a claim like this in
the press. Is this just reporters talking to each other or can the IAU
possibly have missed that Neptune and Pluto are always vastly far apart?
I am leaning towards option A, myself.
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