>>6691459I know this is light hearted and a wallpaper thread but NASA didn't demote Pluto, the IAU, International Astronomical Union did after academia convened and decided to finally define criteria for what constituted a planet vs planetoid, moon etc
Pluto doesn't orbit the sun. Pluto and its satellite Charon orbit each other around a focal point, and they together orbit the sun. Their trajectory also isn't cleared, unlike all the other planets, further widening the divide.
Ultimately none of it matters of course , I'm just saying
