I, and the majority of my generation, have been very angry about Pluto's de-planetation. This has troubled me for a long time! And I have ADAMANTLY kept calling her by the name "planet" as I believed it to he her BIRTHRIGHT!
But, over a teleconference I was part of a week or so ago, a scientist that I deeply respect was able to help me view this beauty in a new light:
Pluto does NOT have the makings of the classification "planet". She is, infact, a making all her own! She is something DIFFERENT! Something NEW! Something SPECTACULAR!! She is the FIRST of her kind that we discovered, and she is by far NOT the last.
As a self proclaimed astronomer, a hobbiest, an obsessionist! I come to you with a NEW outlook on Pluto's "De-planetation". It was as not a "demotion" but a UNIQUE "PROMOTION", something rare for the astronomical society to claim and discover! Something new! Something different! Something special! Something SPECTACULAR! That Pluto WILL ALWAYS be known as the FIRST for!
I understand the heart she so loving shows us now. For discovering her TRUE identity 💜
