"The campaign to reinstate Pluto β with its passionate advocates, ongoing debates, occasional protests and petitions β seems to be largely confined to the US. βIt is more of an issue in the United States,β says Metzger. βThis was the one we discovered.β So, the planetβs demotion was a source of wounded pride? βIβll admit there was some of that β among the public, not the scientists.β"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake
Incoming: executive order reinstating Pluto as a planet and renaming it "America"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake
Incoming: executive order reinstating Pluto as a planet and renaming it "America"