{"id":594038,"date":"2026-04-10T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594038\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:39:08","slug":"pluto-reclassified-as-a-planet-by-june-30-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/594038\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluto reclassified as a planet by June 30? Predictions &#038; &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pluto is currently classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has urged Donald Trump to declare Pluto a planet again.<\/p>\n<p>This market will resolve to &#8220;Yes&#8221; if Pluto is declared a planet by June 30, 2026, 11:59PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to &#8220;No&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A qualifying declaration may be made by the International Astronomical Union or by Donald Trump, but must explicitly state that Pluto&#8217;s status is that of a planet. Statements reinforcing Pluto&#8217;s dwarf planet status or statements indicating that its classification may be reconsidered will not be sufficient to qualify this market towards a &#8220;Yes&#8221; resolution. Statements indicating intent to reclassify Pluto as a planet will count towards this market&#8217;s resolution only if they are made without qualifiers (e.g., &#8220;Pluto will be reclassified as a planet if it sufficiently clears its orbit&#8221; would not count). Executive orders declaring Pluto&#8217;s status as a planet will qualify.<\/p>\n<p>This market&#8217;s resolution source will be statements from the International Astronomical Union, Donald Trump, or any official White House legal or social media representative will qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Pluto is currently classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has urged Donald Trump to declare Pluto a planet again.<\/p>\n<p>This market will resolve to &#8220;Yes&#8221; if Pluto is declared a planet by June 30, 2026, 11:59PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to &#8220;No&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A qualifying declaration may be made by the International Astronomical Union or by Donald Trump, but must explicitly state that Pluto&#8217;s status is that of a planet. Statements reinforcing Pluto&#8217;s dwarf planet status or statements indicating that its classification may be reconsidered will not be sufficient to qualify this market towards a &#8220;Yes&#8221; resolution. Statements indicating intent to reclassify Pluto as a planet will count towards this market&#8217;s resolution only if they are made without qualifiers (e.g., &#8220;Pluto will be reclassified as a planet if it sufficiently clears its orbit&#8221; would not count). Executive orders declaring Pluto&#8217;s status as a planet will qualify.<\/p>\n<p>This market&#8217;s resolution source will be statements from the International Astronomical Union, Donald Trump, or any official White House legal or social media representative will qualify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pluto is currently classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":{"0":"post-594038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}