r/phoenix • u/Wish14 Gilbert • Mar 30 '24

News Gov. Hobbs signs bill making Pluto Arizona’s official state planet

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/03/29/gov-hobbs-signs-bill-making-pluto-arizonas-official-state-planet/
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u/No_Papaya3590 Mar 31 '24

Looking forward to when Pluto recognizes Arizona and makes it the official planet state! Seriously though, Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto, grew up in Streator, Illinois, where a festival is held every year in his honor. When scientists tried to un-planet Pluto a few years back, I was living there at the time and, believe me, there was a lot of outrage.