Fighting for Pluto

OK fine, I will address this whole Pluto thing ...

Here is my astrological reading for this week.... (which makes a good point)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Help! Pluto's not a planet any more! Won't that disastrously tweak astrological theory? Actually, no. Nothing whatsoever has changed about Pluto in its role as a revealer of cosmic portents. All that has shifted are the ideas about Pluto that reside in the minds of 424 astronomers who were at the International Astronomical Union's conference in Prague. ("I'm embarrassed for astronomy," said Alan Stearn, science chief of NASA's mission to Pluto. "Less than 5 percent of the world's astronomers voted on the change.") Still, it's important to note how many millions of people take this tiny group's delusions seriously. Let this be a reminder for you to be very discriminating about whose definitions you choose to believe. Use it as a prod to be more aggressive in giving your own names and frames to life's mysteries.

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"Definition of Planet." The IAU agreed on a three-part definition:
1) It orbits the sun;
2) it is, essentially, round; and
3) it has cleared the neighborhood in its orbit.

In the new solar system, there are eight planets, at least three dwarf planets and tens of thousands of so-called "“smaller solar system bodies,"” like comets and asteroids.

For now, the dwarf planets include, besides Pluto, Ceres, the largest asteroid, and an object known as UB 313, nicknamed Xena, that is larger than Pluto and, like it, orbits out beyond Neptune in a zone of icy debris known as the Kuiper Belt. But there are dozens more potential dwarf-planets known in that zone, planetary scientists say, and the number in that category could quickly swell.

It has long been clear that Pluto, discovered in 1930, stood apart from the previously discovered planets. Not only was it much smaller than them, only about 1,600 miles in diameter, smaller than the Moon, but its elongated orbit is tilted with respect to the other planets and it goes inside the orbit of Neptune part of its 248-year journey around the Sun.

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So I am going to make this very simple...
Since Pluto goes inside the orbit of Neptune, which means Pluto didn't clear its own orbit (reason why Pluto was striped of its planetary title) then...

NEPTUNE HAS NOT CLEARED ITS ORBIT EITHER !!!
why does Neptune get to keep its title as a planet?

Sorry but I will not agree and/or CONFORM to the IAU's ideas...
Think for yourself and walk your own path... Az

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Update from Spaceweather.com
PLUTO PETITION: A strange thing happened on August 24, 2006. After years of debate, the IAU finally settled the question of Pluto, declaring it is not a planet. The strange thing is, people won't stop debating. Here's your chance to join the fray: Sign the Pluto Petition.