How is Pluto not like Uranus? No, not a bad joke.

I want ETers to contact their representatives and ask them that this thingy should be called Pekelo. It has a nice ring to it:
....Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Pekelo


"2003 UB313 is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) larger than the planet Pluto. It has been described as our solar system's tenth planet by its Mount Palomar-based discovery team, NASA, and some media outlets. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is scheduled to publish the definition of the term "planet" in early September 2006, which will determine whether or not 2003 UB313 is classified as a planet."
 
It's a pluton!!!

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-78908

"A committee of the International Astronomical Union unanimously has approved a definition of "planet" that will add three new planets to the solar system's elite: Ceres, an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter; Charon, Pluto's companion; and Xena, which orbits the sun way out in the exurbs.

So astronomers compromised, creating a new category of planets called "plutons" -- little things, astronomically speaking, that orbit a star and have enough mass for gravity to force them into roughly spherical shapes."
 
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