I believe there are at least 2 or 3 threads on the subject, one still on this page. the search page is your friend.
That plan proved highly unpopular, splitting astronomers into factions and triggering days of sometimes combative debate that led to Pluto's undoing
I guess killer can travel back in time:Yeah, right. There are two or three threads on a announcement made less than an hour ago.
YES! Good decision after all!Yay! That got rid of the little sucker!
LOL!They announced this in the late evening news, and added that instead of calling pluto a planet, it should now be referred to as a dwarf planet.
May I ask, on behalf of all the planets like Pluto, who find themselves looked down upon, that we humans refrain from using such negatively charged language, and instead use terms like 'vertically challenged planet' or possibly 'small person planet'. I think we can all agree on that, and will stop using these other, derogatory terms for our cosmic compantions!
If Pluto is downgraded because it doesn't clear its orbit (because it crosses Neptune's), does that imply that Neptune should be downgraded as well because Pluto hasn't been cleared from its own?
Seems a sloppy definition, but whatever... just a name.