The astronomers were having a nice, learned discussion on what to do about nomenclature...then they let slip to the public that they were considering downgrading Pluto....Oh, HORRORS! Outcries from kids & Disney fans poured in.."Pluto is my FAVORITE..don't mess with its status!"

A lot of the recent debate is actually centered on just how to define astronomical bodies 'out there', and not upset 'fans'. arrrgghhh! (They 'may' go to listing the whole class of roughly spherical bodies outside Neptune's orbit as "Plutonoids", just to give it a 'feel'. I'm sure Mickey & Minnie will be pleased.