Ceres deserves to be a planet. It's round. It's not orbitting another planet. Who cares if that means there are fifty planets in the solar system instead of 8?
I don't think most people know about Trans-Neptunian Objects and the various Kuiper Belt planetoids, doubly so in 2006, so it probably felt like a much bigger deal back then.
The funny thing is, it was still considered a planet... A dwarf planet.
Being a dwarf planet doesn't make it any less of a planet (outside of describing it's size)
People just let their own prejudices show.
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ROCK AND STONE
ROCK AND STONE!
if Pluto doesn't; have a beard then this is BULLSHIT
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Exactly, poor ceres never gets mentioned
Ceres deserves to be a planet. It's round. It's not orbitting another planet. Who cares if that means there are fifty planets in the solar system instead of 8?
I don't think most people know about Trans-Neptunian Objects and the various Kuiper Belt planetoids, doubly so in 2006, so it probably felt like a much bigger deal back then.