User blog comment:Jon23812/Anonymous Survey/@comment-3126828-20111108051407/@comment-3247345-20111108062846

Changing Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet was just a power grab by the International Astronomical Union back in 2006. The International Astronomical Union was feeling like no one cared what they did (because no one does care) so they decided Pluto is not a planet to make themselves relevant. There were all these protests demanding Pluto not be excluded from the list of planets. The whole thing is stupid. Pluto doesn't change what it is just because some some international body decides to change what type of object it is.