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Just a couple things to think about.
Pluto is no longer a planet. It's been back and forth, back and forth, "is it or isn't it?" for some time now, and, about a week ago, I think, it's finally official: we only have eight planets now.
Eight is a nice, even number. Four plus four. But poor Pluto. So what is it's "official title" now? If it's not a planet, then what is it? A large asteroid? Nah. And what about Cheron? Wasn't there a thing a while back where they were considering promoting Cheron to planetary status? Is that still going on? Imagine how Pluto would feel if it's little orbital youngling was promoted now that it's been demoted? Can Cheron be promoted now that Pluto's been demoted? (I'm not even going to pretend to be an expert about these things.)
And if the sun's light went out, we wouldn't know about it for eight minutes.
Eight is a nice, even number. Four plus four. But poor Pluto. So what is it's "official title" now? If it's not a planet, then what is it? A large asteroid? Nah. And what about Cheron? Wasn't there a thing a while back where they were considering promoting Cheron to planetary status? Is that still going on? Imagine how Pluto would feel if it's little orbital youngling was promoted now that it's been demoted? Can Cheron be promoted now that Pluto's been demoted? (I'm not even going to pretend to be an expert about these things.)
And if the sun's light went out, we wouldn't know about it for eight minutes.