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Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

Hi Les and all,
I kind of find it disheartening that they demoted it after Clyde Tombaugh died, but im sure he would have been really pissed if they did it when he was alive!
Poor Clyde!

But the fact remains that Pluto is indeed a dwarf planet, its orbit pretty much gives it away!

If you looked back on history, i bet that a lot of people found it hard to adopt Copernican theory, especially the churches! But in this day and age it may not be so dramatic, but when science changes the goal posts it really is for the benefit of understanding, so Pluto being demoted is a step forward i believe, and i think it has been done in a fair way! Our understanding has grown, so we need to re-define our knowledge to help it grow further.

Cheers!

That's true..