"Pluto Is A Planet," Says NASA Chief
August 24 is a very distressing day in the hearts of an peculiarly loyal and dogged sect of Pluto groupies . On this day in 2006 , Pluto was demoted from a planet to a nanus planet , sparking a debate that continues to burp up in comment section to this 24-hour interval . But on the eve of “ Pluto Demotion Day ” this twelvemonth , NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstinegave fresh hope to the pro - Pluto major planet party , lay claim that the inscrutable icy flake is actually a major planet ( at least in his feeling ) ....