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(guò)類(lèi)似投票。當(dāng)時(shí)國(guó)際天文學(xué)聯(lián)合會(huì)的400名天文學(xué)家共同表決，將冥王星由大行星降級(jí)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(fù)責(zé)管理此類(lèi)事務(wù)的國(guó)際天文學(xué)家聯(lián)合會(huì)8月24日通過(guò)決議稱(chēng)太陽(yáng)系第九大行星事實(shí)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(guó)際天文學(xué)聯(lián)合會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)，堤喀行星將有可能成為太陽(yáng)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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