I get that the name makes no difference, and that scientifically it doesn't meet certain qualifications that supposedly define a planet, but I wish they'd just left it the way it was out of tradition or something. It's weirdly nostalgic for me. You can help the HubPages community highlight top quality content by ranking this answer up or down. I guess scientific "truth" and theory must evolve but it does beg the question. With all the money and effort going into discovering planets orbiting distant stars....do you suppose that if a "pluto" size planetoid is one day discovered that the headlines might read "new planet discovered around distant star" or "small asteroid like body discovered around distant star"? I can't help but wonder what the scientists who demoted Pluto would think....about such a discovery. You can help the HubPages community highlight top quality content by ranking this answer up or down.