Fight for Pluto !, A Campaign to Reverse the Unjust Demotion Options

[mars loon]

Dear Friends,

Today I am extremely dissapointed that the Pluto Demoters have triumphed.

I respect their opinion, but disagree with it.

I strongly agree with Alan Stern's statement calling it "absurd" that only 424 astronomers were allowed to vote, out of some 10,000 professional astronomers around the globe.

This tiny group is clearly not at all representative by mathematics alone.

I believe we should formulate a plan to overturn this unjust decision and return Pluto to full planetary status, and as the first member of a third catagory of planets, Xena being number two. Thus a total of 10 Planets in our Solar System

Please respond if you agree that Pluto should be restored as a planet.

ken

Ken Kremer
Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton
Program Chairman

[Patteroast]

The two results I was hoping for were either a definition with eight planets or one with lots. I think the most reasonable thing for everyone, though, would be having dwarf planets count as planets. I can't think of anything else where being called an 'dwarf x' can preclude being 'x'.

I also can't see why having lots of planets is a problem for people to remember.. you're only able to remember ~10 things? Just remember the classical planets. I don't think anyone is expecting schoolchildren to start memorizing every 400+ km object in the Kuiper Belt... but I'm sure I'd have fun doing it.