In 2000 , the Rose Center for Earth and Space open with a giant fashion model of the solar system as its centerpiece . But something was unlike about the mega - sized mobile — Pluto was missing . When theNew York Timesmentioned the pretermit piece , people started say , “ Hey ! What give ? ” Six years after , Pluto was officially stripped of its world-wide status by the International Astronomical Union , demoting it to “ overshadow planet . ”
The biggest hubbub , though , issue forth from team of uncomplicated school day students , who inundate Director Neil deGrasse Tyson ’s desk withhate mail . Here ’s what some of them had to say , loosely following the five stage of sorrow .
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
6. More Acceptance
May itrevolve in pacification .
