No one can drill down into complex matter–in this universe or in any other–quite like the Liberal Gladiator Ed Troy. In this case he drills down (or is it up?) when it comes to the solar system. “No I am not kiddin’ ya,” he blogs. “Pluto and some selected Kuiper Belt Objects and possibly some Oort Cloud objects should be considered planets. Here is why. First some of the variables to consider; mass, orbital divergence from the plane of the ecliptic (remnants of the solar disk are generally found here), whether there is a solar orbit, composition, and temperature…. Because of the extreme distance, it is cold enough for low molecular weight mass, that would otherwise be blasted away by solar wind and radiation to coalesce into these objects. There is greater justification for increasing the number of planets than demoting Pluto….”