On the demotion of Pluto to the status of dwarf planet, Philip Zarka of the Paris Observatory in Meudon, France wondered how astrologers should respond:

The seven-member committee drafted a definition which preserved Pluto ’ s status by only requiring a planet to be ( 1 ) large enough to assume hydrostatic equilibrium ( a nearly round shape ) and ( 2 ) orbiting a star without itself being a star.

Within months of its discovery, Leuschner cast the first doubt on Pluto's status as a planet, suggesting instead that it was unclear whether Pluto was a large asteroid, a planet, or a comet.

Isis, an Egyptian goddess who represented, among many other things, ideal motherhood, was often portrayed as suckling pharaohs, thereby confirming their divine status as rulers.

Drums acquired even divine status in places such as Burundi, where the karyenda was a symbol of the power of the king.

In certain instances, individual humans are elevated to divine status without becoming actual gods: the eight immortals of taoism, for instance.

Putting a positive spin on her marital status, Elizabeth insisted she was married to her kingdom and subjects, under divine protection.

The gender is suggested by the lack of a beard, and the simple hairstyle points to the divine status of the subject.

The Emperor of Japan is defined as a symbol, not head, of state by the post-war constitution ( contrasting with the former divine status ) but is treated as an imperial head of state under diplomatic protocol ( even ranking above kings ) and retains Shinto mystique.

Under a theocracy, perceived divine status translated into earthly authority under divine law This can take the form of supreme divine authority above the state's, granting a tool for political influence to a priesthood.

Arianism held that Jesus, while not merely mortal, was not eternally divine and was, therefore, of lesser status than the Father.

He was one of only a few commoners ever to be accorded divine status after death.

Both Henry II and Richard had argued that kings possessed a quality of " divine majesty "; John continued this trend and claimed an " almost imperial status " for himself as ruler.

In the game's cosmology humans can regain their lost divine status through a game concept called Awakening in which characters with an extremely high or low mental balance are no longer restrained by the rules of the Illusion.

In fact, when a myth loses its status as part of a religious system, it often takes on traits more typical of folktales, with its formerly divine characters reinterpreted as human heroes, giants, or fairies.

The church had provided an essential ideological underpinning to Spanish rule by spreading the doctrine of the " divine right of kings " and inculcating the Indian masses with a resigned fatalism about their social status and economic prospects.

Finally, the rabbis claimed for the Hebrew language a divine authority, in contrast to Aramaic or Greek-even though these languages were the lingua franca of Jews during this period ( and Aramaic would eventually be given the same holy language status as Hebrew ).

All three of these have a direct connection to the imperial divine status as they are the symbols of imperial divinity and are Shinto honorary objects.

They have in general refrained from philosophical speculation, and usually rely on the status of the doctrine as a " Mystery ," something known by divine revelation that could not have been arrived at by reason without revelation.

When the surviving stories were written, Ireland had been Christian for centuries, and the Tuatha Dé were represented as mortal kings, queens and heroes of the distant past ; however there are many clues to their former divine status.

Plutarch mentions an interesting element of Epirote folklore regarding Achilles: In his biography of King Pyrrhus, he claims that Achilles " had a divine status in Epirus and in the local dialect he was called Aspetos " ( meaning unspeakable, unspeakably great, in Homeric Greek ).

They took on divine status, and new nobility and artisan classes were created.

Isocrates once wrote to Philip that if he defeated Persia, there was nothing left for him to do but to become a god ; and Demades proposed that Philip be regarded as the thirteenth god ; however, there is no clear evidence that Philip was raised to the divine status accorded his son Alexander.

During his early meetings with Mullá Husayn, the Báb described himself as the Master and the Promised One ; he did not consider himself just Siyyid Kazim's successor, but claimed a prophetic status, with a sense of deputyship delegated to him not just from the Hidden Imam, but from Divine authority ; His early texts, such as the Commentary on the Surih of Joseph, used Quranic language that implied divine authority and identified himself effectively with the Imam.

Once granted an honored place in Hindu society because they were thought to possess divine powers, the hijras have lost status as Western notions of gender and sexual identity have crept into Indian culture.

* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

Yet other than this and a couple of pilot attempts, Fox mainly stayed away from daytime soaps, and has not attempted them since their ascension to major-network status in 1994.

The legal status and rights and obligations of the de facto or unmarried couple would then be recognised by the countries laws of where they are ordinarily resident.

There was no precedent for a divorcee marrying a member of the Royal Family let alone a former king and it was feared that, if the couple divorced ( she had already divorced two husbands ), she would lose the style but could conceivably still try to use it anyway, thus undermining its status as she would still be known as The Duchess of Windsor irrespective of her divorce from HRH Prince Edward, The Duke of Windsor.

Unregistered partnerships or informal cohabitation is when same-sex or opposite sex couples live together as a couple but they choose to keep the legal status of their relationship unregistered or informal.

These have centred on accusations that the couple exploit their royal status for commercial gain.

The concern of the Irish people was that this was subverting the control of immigration by entitling any couple who had a child to stay in the country, regardless of their legal status.

In the early 1970s, a couple of years after artists in SoHo were able to legalize their live / work situation, artist and resident organizations in the area to the south, known then as Washington Market or simply the Lower West Side, sought to gain similar zoning status for their neighborhood.

Married on October 20, 1822, the couple quickly accumulated wealth and status in their community.

Although the Civil Partnership Act 2004 allows the creation of civil partnerships between same sex couples, a married couple that includes a transgendered partner cannot simply re-register their new status.

There could be a number of reasons for a couple to obtain a license: they might wish to marry quickly ( and avoid the three weeks ' delay by the calling of banns ); they might wish to marry in a parish away from their home parish ; or, because a license required payment, they might choose to obtain one as a status symbol.

Annulment of marriage does not change the status of illegitimacy of children born to the couple during their putative marriage, i. e., between their marriage ceremony and the legal annulment of their marriage.

Jill uses her status as widow ( despite Terry being still alive ) to gain sympathy from those who work in Beauty by Jill, her suburban beauty salon which turns most clients suicidal after their treatment, and from the quiet couple who live across the street from her.

* Common-law marriage, a form of interpersonal status in which a couple is legally married without formal recognition

The film starred George Segal and Natalie Wood as a California couple struggling to maintain their " happily married " status as all their friends begin to get divorces and seem to be caught up in the decadence of the sexual revolution and the " ME " era.

Following a couple years of inactivity which began in 1977, the Glassmen moved up to Division I, soon achieving DCI Member status in 1983, when they placed in the Top-25.

The territorial Supreme Court was supposed to hear the case on Friday, May 27, 2005 ; however, it was adjourned for some three weeks at the request of a couple who wanted intervenor status in the case to oppose same-sex marriage.

The couple was granted intervenor status, and on Friday, June 17, 2005, CBC North reported that the intervenors had requested Party Status in the case.

With an ever increasing population and a few stays in renovated buildings ( including a bowling alley and a couple of French high schools ), it finally achieved fully autonomous status in 1988 as Heritage College.

A couple of further good results followed late in the 2005 season, and he maintained his status on the PGA Tour after all.

When the Finnish war began in 1808 the castle was used by the Russian navy and only handed over to the Finnish authorities after the country had been granted autonomous status within the Russian empire a couple of decades later.

His protected ranking status gave him direct entry into a couple ATP events in April, with little success.

The couple marries with knowledge that the marriage is solely for the purpose of obtaining the favorable immigration status.

Derek and Stella Bright are enjoying their newlywed status as a celebrity couple even as the other members of Earth Corps increasingly find themselves basking in the media spotlight — except Auger, who seems to have been overlooked by fortune's calling.