Cosmic Shake-Up In 2006

So sorry, Pluto! You cannot be deemed “ninth planet” anymore because there’s been a redefining that eliminates you from the list of planets. Since you’re kin to the remaining eight, you will be called “dwarf planet.” This downsizing of the list must be a blow to your esteem. Please know some people will be shocked, and you’ll be missed! You’re really little, smaller than some moons! There’s no choice; you must be reclassified. So much has changed since your discovery in nineteen-thirty. Science can’t abide your presence on a list where you just don’t belong! It’s sad to strike so hard a blow on one far from the sun and always dark. Your time is up. Now, off that list you go! information from nineplanets.org and solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/Pluto Date: October 8, 2017 Contest Title: The Cosmos Sponsor: Thvia Shetley