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What's the problem?

Seems to me there are 8 planets everyone can agree on.

There is one transition object, Pluto, which has been called a planet and would continue to be a planet.

It would have the adjective "dwarf". Which is true and accurate and descriptive.

And then there are lots of Kuiper objects. Which aren't planets in the sense the first 8 are.

Maybe have Pluto designated "Planet Emeritus", sort of no longer a planet, but was once, and still has some of the status.

Arf

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