People Want Pluto as a Planet Again

[Lionel Mandrake]

13. Why stop with Pluto?

The word "planet" comes from a Greek word meaning 'wanderer". For historical accuracy, anything that wanders among the "fixed stars" other than a comet should be called a planet. Before Copernicus, the "planets" consisted of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon (in that order). To that list we must add Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, etc. Perhaps stars that have observable proper motion should be added.

Oops, the list is getting very long, and it still doesn't include the Earth.

Hmm, maybe I should rethink this whole argument.