"It is certainly true that Pluto doesn't act much like the other planets.
Not only is it runty and obscure, but it is so variable in its motions that no
one can tell you exactly where Pluto will be a century hence. Whereas the
other planets orbit on more or less the same plane, Plutols orbital path is
tipped (as it were) out of aligmnent at an angle of seventeen degrees, like
the brim of a hat tilted raldshly on someone's head. Its orbit is so irregular
that for substantial periods on each ants lonely circuits around the Sun
it is closer to us than Neptune is. For most of the 1980s and 19905, Neptune
was in fact the solar system's most far-flung planet Only on Februruy
II, 1999, did Pluto return to the outside lane, there to remain for the next
228 years."
I think I would consider Pluto a planet. Just because Pluto is small doesn't mean it couldn't possibly be a planet. It orbits the sun just like any other planet in our solar system. Whether it is or isn't a planet could probably be based on opinion for now. I've always considered Pluto a planet though.
