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Orin, I checked out that site you provided: Beta Pictoris with a second, inclined disk. Scanning the associated article indicates that the inclination of the second disk is 4 degrees. My recollection is that Pluto is inclined 17 degrees to the ecliptic. Would a secondary disk appearing at the time o...

I'm in favor of the new designation. I always thought that Pluto was in such an aberrant orbit, that it probably didn't form when the rest of the planets did. The orbit is highly elliptical and severely inclined to the ecliptic. In addition, although it's aprocryphal, the PL for Percival Lowell has ...