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Do you agree with the IAU's 2006 decision to demote Pluto to dwarf planet status?

No! To me Pluto will always be a planet.

We're all fond of Pluto (perhaps because of the name and Disney tie-in), but science needs to be objective. Pluto shouldn't be classified as a planet simply because we'd like it to be one. Neil DeGrasse Tyson and others have made good cases to show why it's better classified as any icy object, so I will defer to their good sense.

No, I like Pluto!