Pluto's demotion from planetary status“Pluto has been voted off the island” (Inman). In August 2006 the celestial body was officially renamed a dwarf planet. Media portrayal of Pluto's demotion began in 2006 and has covered a wide variety of topics, including the official Prague ruling, public reception of the decision, a book written by a scientist claiming sole responsibility of the relegation and finally the most recent NASA article. 2012 statement regarding the dwarf planet. Media interest in Pluto's demotion has increased twice, first in 2006 when Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status with both supporters and detractors shown in the media; over the next few years interest waned markedly until a second peak occurred in 2010 when Mike Brown published his book. In 2010 the media presented to the public was strictly supportive. “Throw away the placemats. Grab a magic marker for the class graphs. Take a pair of scissors to make the solar system mobile…Pluto has gotten its walking papers” (Overbye). The ninth planet Pluto lost its planetary status when it didn't "make the cut" after the International Astronomical Union collaborated in Prague to finalize the definition of the word planet. The International Astronomical Union has decided that there are eight planetary bodies in Earth's solar system and that Pluto should be classified as a dwarf planet. Online newspaper articles from 2006, the year the International Astronomical Union met in Prague, to 2012 highlight how Pluto's relegation was presented to the general public. The articles covered in this six-year span highlight the more scientific aspect of the media's portrayal of Pluto's receding. This timeline begins with the official demotion of ...... half of the newspaper ...... gets a lot of people, the article "What is Pluto" puts emphasis on the theory behind the decision and the new categorization of Pluto while other media focus on scientists' opinions on the change and how the change will be palatable to the general population. Originally discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto was considered the ninth planet in the solar system, however in 2006 it was downgraded to a "dwarf planet." ” or plutoid state. Public interest in Pluto's demotion has waned significantly in recent times. Media interest in Pluto's demotion increased with the official Prague ruling that the decision would be welcomed by the public, and again when a book written by Mike Brown appeared in 2010. Controversy originally ensued with positive and negative opinions on the decision, but as time went on only positive opinion was present in the media.