'Make Pluto a planet again': 6-year-old girl urges NASA
In the letter, she talked about the Kuiper belt also
A six-year-old girl named Cara O'Connor from Ireland, who aspires to become a NASA astronaut in the future, urged the space agency to reclassify Pluto as a planet.
As per the report published in The Washington Post, the girl said “I listened to a song and at the end of it the song said “Bring Pluto Back” — and I would really like that to happen.”
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) classified Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet.
In the letter, she talked about the Kuiper belt, a doughnut-shaped ring beyond Neptune where many dwarf planets are located.
"I really think Pluto should be a main planet again like Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune, because in one video I watched called ‘Let’s go meet the planets,’ Pluto was at the very end.”
While talking about another video, Cara wrote in that 'Pluto was put in the trash can and was scared by planet Earth.”
“This was really mean, because no one or no planet or dwarf planets should be put in the trash can.”
Pleased with her effort to pen her feelings, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division James Green praised her for showing interest in the Pluto.
"I agree with you that Pluto is really cool -- in fact, who would have believed that Pluto has a heart? ... It's a fascinating world that appears to be constantly changing. To me, it's not so much about whether Pluto is a dwarf planet or not; it's that Pluto is a fascinating place that we need to continue to study," Green wrote.
“I hope that you will discover a new planet, and I trust that if you continue to do well in school we will see you at NASA one of these days,” he added.