Once upon a time, Pluto was considered a planet. The news headline in the March 21, 1930 issue of Science told the story: "A New Planet Beyond Neptune."
But in 2006, it was demoted to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.
Although Pluto met two of the criteria for planet status, such as orbiting the sun and having sufficient mass for self-gravity, it didn't 'clear the neighborhood around its orbit.'
Basically, it means that Pluto didn't have gravitational dominance over its surrounding areas.
Or to put it in layman's terms:
Pluto didn't make enough of an impact in its part of the Universe.
Let's look at Pluto through the lens of writing our life stories.
Pluto has all the basic elements of a planet.
We, too, have all the basics for writing our life stories, such as having goals and dreams, as well as the resources and skills to achieve them.
But Pluto's 'flaw' was not generating enough of an impact in the Universe.
We don't want that to happen in our lives.
Unlike Pluto though, we can increase our impact in the world.
How?
By taking forward steps each day. Each step will add to the previous ones in an exciting principle called the compound effect.
Make an impact in the Universe. Write your life story.
But in 2006, it was relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). So why was Pluto demoted?
The news headline in the 21 March 1930 issue of Science was simple and muscular: “A New Planet Beyond Neptune.”
The first two letters of Pluto's name are the initials of Percival Lowell, who looked for a ninth planet but died before finding it. On 18 February 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, who worked at the observatory Lowell established, discovered Pluto after a meticulous search.
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