Pluto's Planetary Status and the like

These days I have been reading headline news on the reelection whether Pluto will be considered as a planet or not, whether our solar system will have 12 planets. Most of the articles sound like frighteningly similar to Geography lessons.

Today I read this article on news.sctosman.com and thought that it was very well written; more like a story than a geography lesson. Here is the link.

It speaks of the proposed definitions for planets, plutons and how they will line up with our solar system. It concludes with a nice explanation on whether we need a change in definition or not.

Hence this post!