Pluto's demotion to the minor leagues spawned heated debate, as well as the requisite protest T-shirts and conspiracy theories. Now it's the subject of legislation in the Illinois Senate, which recently adopted a resolution declaring that Pluto had been unfairly downgraded. As such, lawmakers proclaimed that Pluto is now "reestablished with full planetary status, and that March 13, 2009 be declared 'Pluto Day' in the State of Illinois in honor of the date its discovery was announced in 1930."
