I am a little sad right now as I think upon the future, and the fact that Carter no longer lives in a Solar System with nine planets. The loss of Pluto from the top tier pantheon list of official planets tugs at the heart strings and upsets the hand-me-down path of old books, stories, and posters. When Carter flips through dad's old space books and asks why they are all wrong, what can one say? He will observe, "Dad, why is Pluto listed as a planet in this book? Everyone knows it is just a trans-Neptunian spherical body orbiting the Sun without even sufficient mass to clear its own orbital path of celestial debris...."
So sad, so sad.
Tonight, I shall raise a glass in honor of our fallen planet brethren, Pluto. I urge you all to do the same.
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