No, and it is very necessary.

The people who draw the line know what they are doing better than I do. Any argument I might have would inevitably be shot down, so I won't try to tell them how to do their job.

This reminds me of my stupid friend and his stupider sister who both knew that Pluto had been "downgraded", but thought it had been recategorised as a moon because of its size. How can you get to your late twenties/early thirties and not know what a moon is?

When we were teenagers, a few of my not-quite-friends genuinely thought the Moon was a planet. One of them didn't know how many days there are in a year.

I think Pluto deserves a title of honorary planet.

Top on my list of social ills for sure.

If Pluto gets to be a planet, so does Ceres.

This video helps explain a lot.

tl;dw: Pluto is just part of a second asteroid belt; planet is a vague enough term without including Pluto.

I don't care what they call Pluto. I've never been there nor have I ever seen it.

I'm pissed since I learned the order of the planets with the aid of this German mnemonic (where every word starts with the first letter of the corresponding planet):
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.

Now it's not correct anymore because it covers Pluto and says "our nine planets". Stupid astronomers...

Yeah, there was a Polish mnemonic as well:

Moja Wiecznie Zapracowana Mama Jutro Sama Upiecze Nam Placek

But it doesn't make much sense because it's not connected with planets whatsoever. The English one, however, was pretty good:

My Very Easy Method Just Set Up Nine Planets

But seriously, the decision was right...

I've heard a lot of people feel strongly about Pluto being classified as a planet and I don't understand it in the slightest. Why does anyone care? Astronomers have the final word as far as I'm concerned.

They didn't do that exactly, but they coined the term 'plutoid' for dwarf planets located beyond Neptune, except that for some reason or other, scientists have decided to stick with 'dwarf planet' instead of plutoid. Seems like that name was pretty honorary in a sort of way to me.

edit: Truth be told, I think a chunk of rock floating around millions of miles away doesn't really give a damn what the tiny vermin on another planet call it.

Really, this only makes a difference to astronomers/scientists. I'll follow whatever convention they decide and call it whatever it's officially called but, being the old grognard I am, I'll likely always think of Pluto as a planet simply because it was a planet for so many years of my life.

It's like growing up in a family made of Bill, Sandy, George, Roger, Vanessa, Clara and Max, and then suddenly learning that your family in only made of Bill, Sandy, George, Roger, Vanessa and Clara because Max is the dog.

It is totally like that and it is totally a very good allegory.