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For most of us, Pluto is an ice-bound object on the outermost edge of our solar system. But this celestial body has been the subject of recent controversy, with scientists demoting it from planet to dwarf planet and upending many fond memories of childhood science classes in the process. Philip Metzger, a planetary physicist as the University of Central Florida, says this new classification is dead wrong. In this week’s podcast, he explains why.