A growing number of astronomers argued for Pluto to be declassified as a planet, because many similar objects approaching its size had been found in the same region of the Solar System (the Kuiper belt) during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Banyak astronom yang berpendapat agar Pluto dikeluarkan dari kelompok planet, karena banyak benda sejenis yang ukurannya mirip ditemukan di wilayah Tata Surya yang sama (sabuk Kuiper) pada tahun 1990-an dan awal 2000-an.