[Alberta's Child]

Interesting article. Isn’t there still some question as to whether Pluto should even be considered a planet?

[SunkenCiv]

I omitted that from the excerpt, because I don't accept that goofy crap from 2006, in which the foolish term "dwarf planet" was introduced.

"To Pluto And Far Beyond" By David H. Levy, Parade, January 15, 2006 -- We don't have a dictionary definition yet that includes all the contingencies. In the wake of the new discovery, however, the International Astronomical Union has set up a group to develop a workable definition of planet. For our part, in consultation with several experienced planetary astronomers, Parade offers this definition: A planet is a body large enough that, when it formed, it condensed under its own gravity to be shaped like a sphere. It orbits a star directly and is not a moon of another planet.