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Originally Posted by Phil Masters
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I judge it to be overly aggressive pursuit of their professional interest i.e. talking up your latest find to help secure maximum funding.
It's no accident that the most vociferous critic of Pluto's demotion that I know of is the head of a major Pluto project. He's basically acknowledged that he's worried that making Pluto not a full-sized planet will make it less important in the public's eyes.