"Donald Trump has a hang-up about Pluto, making noise about declaring it a full-blown planet via executive order, which is not possible."
"NASA administrator Jared Isaacman stated he is 'very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again,' but this is not something NASA can do."
"There is some amount of genuine popular support for a reclassification of Pluto, as the current system can be confusing and unsatisfying."
"The solar system started as a huge cloud of dust, which formed the Sun and other bodies, leading to the current classification system."
Donald Trump has expressed a desire to reclassify Pluto as a planet, a status it lost in 2006. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman supports this idea but acknowledges that the International Astronomical Union is responsible for such classifications. There is popular support for Pluto's reclassification, as the current nomenclature can be confusing. The solar system's formation involved a cloud of dust that eventually formed the Sun and other celestial bodies, leading to the current classification system.
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