International Astronomical Union

基本解释

In 2006, it voted about 400 astronomers with the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, demoted Pluto from full planet to dwarf planet status.
2006年，该网站发起过类似投票。当时国际天文学联合会的400名天文学家共同表决，将冥王星由大行星降级为矮行星。
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), which regulates such matters, decreed on August 24th that the ninth planet was not actually one after all.
负责管理此类事务的国际天文学家联合会8月24日通过决议称太阳系第九大行星事实上并不是一颗真正的行星。
If confirmed, the status and name of the new planet - which would become the ninth and potentially the largest - would then have to be agreed by the International Astronomical Union.
如果得到国际天文学联合会的批准，堤喀行星将有可能成为太阳系的第九大行星，而且是九大行星中吨位最大的一颗。

The final names will be announced after their formal approval by the International Astronomical Union.
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