As we continue wrestling with our feelings about Pluto's downgrade from planet to dwarf planet or "plutoid" -- 10 years after Neil deGrasse Tyson killed the ninth member of our galactic family -- katemc432 writes:
As someone who grew up and continues to live in the hometown of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, I can tell you it was a really bad day when they decided it wasn't a planet. I'm actually kinda glad Mr. Tombaugh wasn't around to see his planet downgraded.
Our condolences to Streator, Illinois, "a quiet surprise on the prairie."