Dear Fellow Fans of Pluto, 

It is time to right a cosmic wrong and restore Pluto to its former glory as a full-fledged planet.

Eighteen years ago, Pluto was demoted to ‘dwarf planet’ in a vote that was both unfounded and unfair. Pluto’s adversaries argued that it failed to meet the new qualifications to be considered a planet, namely that it had not cleared debris from its orbit. If that’s the case, Earth and Jupiter would not qualify either. With such inconsistency around what determines a planet, relegating Pluto to ‘dwarf’ status is simply semantic gymnastics and giving space enthusiasts wordplay whiplash.

Further, the vote in 2006 consisted of only 4% of the world’s astronomers, leaving many experts who were not present baffled and outraged. At the time, Dr. Alan Stern, lead investigator for NASA’s first and only mission to Pluto, said, “This is so scientifically sloppy and internally inconsistent that it is embarrassing.” We couldn’t agree more.

Pluto TV, the proud sponsor of this petition, has always felt a special affinity with its namesake. We are both accustomed to breaking the mold and defying expectations, helping people across the solar system redefine what a planet or a streaming service can look like. In honor of Pluto TV’s 10th anniversary, we are asking that the conversation to reinstate Pluto as a planet be revived and a new vote take place with a quorum present.

Please sign this petition if you believe Pluto’s status should be revisited and given a fair review because every planet deserves its moment in the sun, no matter how many billions of miles away it is.

With celestial solidarity,
Citizens of Pluto