{"id":15270268,"date":"2026-08-24T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/once-the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-pluto-was-reclassified-20-years-ago-heres-why-planetary-scientists-and-the-public-alike-love-the-small-icy-body\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:34:42","slug":"once-the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-pluto-was-reclassified-20-years-ago-heres-why-planetary-scientists-and-the-public-alike-love-the-small-icy-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/once-the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-pluto-was-reclassified-20-years-ago-heres-why-planetary-scientists-and-the-public-alike-love-the-small-icy-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Once the Solar System&#039;s Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here&#039;s Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pluto is now the most well known of the outer worlds beyond Neptune\u2014and the darling of the solar system<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/once-the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-pluto-was-reclassified-20-years-ago-heres-why-planetary-scientists-and-the-public-alike-love-the-small-icy-body-180989383\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Science \u2013 Smithsonian Science<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pluto is now the most well known of the outer worlds beyond Neptune\u2014and the darling of the solar 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