NASA chief argues Pluto should still be considered a planet
美国宇航局局长认为冥王星仍应被视为一颗行星
Poor Pluto was declassified from being a planet in our solar system to just a humble dwarf planet 13 year ago.
可怜的冥王星在13年前被解密，从太阳系中的一颗行星变成了一颗不起眼的矮行星。
Despite it being over a decade since this decision was made, the topic is still hotly disputed and there are those who think Pluto should be labeled as a planet once more.
尽管做出这一决定已经有十多年了，但这个话题仍然存在激烈的争议，有些人认为冥王星应该再次被贴上行星的标签。
The International Astronomical Union made the final decision but it seems NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has put himself firmly in Pluto’s corner.
国际天文学联合会做出了最后的决定，但看起来美国宇航局局长吉姆·布里登斯廷已经坚定地站在了冥王星的立场上。
Bridenstine recently spoke out about his support for Pluto as a planet during a tour of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at the University of Colorado Boulder.
布里登斯汀最近在参观科罗拉多大学博尔德分校(University of Colorado Boulder)的航天工程科学大楼时，公开表示支持冥王星是一颗行星。
The NASA chief said: “Just so you know, in my view, Pluto is a planet.”
美国航天局局长说：“你知道，在我看来，冥王星是一颗行星。”
“You can write that the NASA administrator declared Pluto a planet once again. I’m sticking by that, it’s the way I learned it and I’m committed to it.”
“你可以这样写，美国宇航局局长再次宣布冥王星为行星。我坚持这一点，这是我学习的方式，我致力于这一点。”
Bridenstine’s lighthearted comment doesn’t change Pluto’s classification but it does bring to light the ongoing debate once more.
布里登斯廷轻松的评论并没有改变冥王星的分类，但它再一次揭示了正在进行的争论。
Pluto was removed from the list of nine planets in August 2006 mostly because its properties were more suited to the definition of a dwarf planet.
冥王星在2006年8月被从九大行星名单中删除，主要是因为它的性质更适合于矮行星的定义。
The difference between a dwarf planet and a planet is largely to do with the space around it.
矮行星和行星的区别很大程度上与周围的空间有关。
Planets have a clear area around their orbit whereas dwarf planets do not.
行星在其轨道周围有一个清晰的区域，而矮行星则没有。
There are also many other celestial objects a similar size to Pluto with unclear orbits so some scientists have argued that if Pluto where to be considered a planet then all those other objects would have to be too.
还有许多其他的天体与冥王星大小相似，轨道不明，因此一些科学家认为，如果冥王星被认为是一个行星，那么所有其他天体也必须是。
However, Pluto has other features like a multilayered atmosphere, moons, weather and organic compounds that all make the issue regarding its planet status even trickier.
然而，冥王星还有其他的特征，如多层大气、卫星、天气和有机化合物，这些都使得它的行星地位问题更加棘手。
