ASTRONAUGHTY

Pluto was demoted because it kept showing up late to planet meetings. “Dwarf” is just HR language for “we’re disappointed.”

✗ FAKE
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union because it has not cleared its orbital neighborhood. Lateness had nothing to do with it.

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