>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/
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>Hi Bob!
>you know i just aint buying the whole pluto thang... i think it should still be counted as planet for atleast another 3 or 4 generations under a grandfather clause that states the new rules dont count when mankind is stupid enough to deam otherwise for > 50 years. Atleast for us in the US - hell, it's been how long now that we've known we had a faulty measurement system and we still have yet to convert to metric????
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>and then some rocket scientist comes along and says pluto isnt a planet overnite and we just roll over and accept it?! now how does that work??? <g> am i the only one who heard that newscast and says to myself -> self, what is wrong with this picture???

Note that this doesn't exactly come as a surprise. It has been known for quite a while that Pluto's size is much smaller than the original estimate (smaller than our Moon, by the way, although this really doesn't prove anything), making the claim that Pluto was a planet doubtful. The controversy has been going on for quite a while now.