Loading... How do you feel about the fact that Pluto is no longer a planet? When I first heard about it, I thought it was stupid. Pluto has been a planet since before I was in elementary school - why change it? But once I understood why it was done, it made sense. As telescopes got better, astronomers began finding other objects roughly the same size as Pluto, or even bigger, orbiting the sun. If Pluto is a planet, then these other objects are, as well. Either the solar system would have an ever-increasing number of planets, or objects of that type would have to be reclassified. Don't be sad for Pluto. It may not be a planet anymore, but it turns out it has lots of friends out there at the edge of the solar system. You can help the HubPages community highlight top quality content by ranking this answer up or down. I was kind of bummed out when I heard that it had lost its status. As a kid, I think that I always liked Pluto because it was one of the extremes; the furthest thing away that I could concieve of at that age. Since it was a planet, it seemed like there was a possibility that some mysterious creatures could live there, a topic that was common in the sci-fi I read when I was younger. Calling it a moon or a satellite just doesn't have the same appeal; it makes it seem less important.