Class Quote by Alan Stern

Back before the Kuiper Belt was discovered, Pluto did look like a misfit that didn't belong with either the terrestrials or the giant planets.

— Alan Stern

Pluto is not a planet, but I am.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Pluto and its brethren are the most populous class of planets in our solar system.

— Alan Stern

As a planetary scientist, I don't know what else to call Pluto: It's big and round and thousands of miles wide.

— Alan Stern

Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark…

— Alan Stern

Pluto's orbit is so elongated that it crosses the orbit of another planet. Now that's... you've got no business doing that if you want…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We really just didn't realize the diversity of planetary types in our solar system. Pluto looked like a misfit because it was the only…

— Alan Stern

Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we've seen in the solar system.

— Alan Stern

Pluto has a very interesting history, and there is a lot of work that we need to do to understand this very complicated place.

— Alan Stern

If you go to planetary science meetings and hear technical talks on Pluto, you will hear experts calling it a planet every day.

— Alan Stern

The Pluto system is much more complex than I had expected.

— Alan Stern

I think Pluto has to be considered among the places in the solar system that are possible homes for life.

— David Grinspoon