In preparation for the Great Pluto Debate, fill in answers to these questions before coming to recitation, but after reading the source material available on the Astro 120 homepage (here is the link).

After the debate, you will be given another short form to fill out describing your reaction to the in-recitation debate. You will be handing that sheet in at the end of recitation.

Since this assignment involes some preparation before recitatation as well as your participation during recitation, it will be worth twice the normal value of a homework - but you must do all parts (this sheet, the debate in class, and the question form afterward) to receive full credit.

1. Based on what you have learned in class, from your text, and from the web readings linked above, list two arguments in favor of the view that Pluto should continue to have the status of a bona-fide planet of our Solar System. For each reason, give factual support from the sources you consulted.

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2. Now take the other side, and list two arguments that Pluto really deserves demotion - again giving factual support from the sources you used.

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