International Astronomical Union

基本解釋

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，該網(wǎng)站發(fā)起過類似投票。當時國際天文學聯(lián)合會的400名天文學家共同表決，將冥王星由大行星降級為矮行星。
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), which regulates such matters, decreed on August 24th that the ninth planet was not actually one after all.
負責管理此類事務的國際天文學家聯(lián)合會8月24日通過決議稱太陽系第九大行星事實上并不是一顆真正的行星。
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.
如果得到國際天文學聯(lián)合會的批準，堤喀行星將有可能成為太陽系的第九大行星，而且是九大行星中噸位最大的一顆。

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