Also, if by chance I have lit you on fire by putting this topic in the "Minor Planets" forum, by all means, air your grievance here; it will at least make for a lively discussion

chris-ober wrote:Pluto isn't much to look at in anything until New Horizons gets there.
steve-pinney wrote:Stephen, I can't. Its a heart thing w/me, nothing scientific, nothing based on logic. To me it's what defines our solar system, our night sky. Most of us grew up reading about the search for the outer planets and w/Pluto it was an epic story spanning more then a decade from the time Lowell theorized a 9th planet affecting the orbit of Uranus and Neptune and Tombaugh discovering it. It was our 9th planet for 70 some odd years, longer then I have been alive. I know, all sentimental poop, but its what I grew up with.
Sorry but its the best I can come up with.
Would be very interested in others thoughts on this.
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