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Scientifically there is nothing silly about it. Problem is Pluto is damn small. Another scientist found 2 other objects larger than Pluto. Thus the renewed debate. Would every object be classified as a planet that is so big? If so we would end up with several hundreds if not thousands of planets in our solar system. So we needed a criteria, one based on size. Thus Pluto is no longer a planet.
Not to many years back they tried to remove it before these findings. Public outcry and nostalgia kept it as a planet.
By the way whoever said anything about millions in taxes, what taxes? It was an international scientific board.
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