Just like Pluto

This week the International Astronomical Union demoted planet Pluto. One month ago this was our ninth planet, last rock from the sun. Today it is best known as the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog.

But what did Pluto do to earn downgrading? Nothing. It still has moons, orbits the sun, and has mass, just like the other planets. It has not changed its rotation, physical characteristics, or climate. Pluto stood by while people, who really have no idea how it works or what it does, demoted it. Yet the little heavenly body does everything that Venus and Jupiter do. It just got stepped on.

If Pluto had another name it would be Planet Emmett