BTW : I hereby declare that ‘Jupiter’ is not a planet.

My proclamation of course carries about as much weight

as these 4 percent idiots from the IAU regarding Pluto.

Bill

Yet, unlike those you deem "4 percent" idiots (whatever that may mean), you provide no reasoning for your proclamation.

I've said it before, somewhere else. It's not a planet.
Look up the evolution of definitions surrounding terms in calculus and you'll see why a change in definitions, and thus a classification of Pluto, does not bother me.
The character of that put forth the revision does not matter; what matters is the ability of the definitions to adequately describe what is observed and further communication between fellow astronomers. It is not to satisfy a discoverer, a state's governor, Disney etc. ... .

Hi Sarge, hope you are well! Look, generation after generation have grown up being taught that Pluto is a planet, and hundreds of thousands of text books are in print saying just that. OK, so officially by the rules, some jobs worth has declared that ooops, sorry chaps, it actually isn't quite a planet after all.

So what? Who gives a damn? It is the will of the worlds people that it remains classified as a planet. If within the rarified atmosphere of the scientific community they wish to refer to it as something else for their day to day business that is their prerogative.

I am not decrying scientific advances for one moment, but there comes a time when it is sensible to be pragmatic about things.

Is it indeed the will of the world?
And even if it is, should it be heeded?
Again, scientific definitions are for scientists so that they can better classify and discuss with fellow scientists.