Bigger Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

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

— Alan Stern

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

— Alan Stern

The gas-giant planets in our solar system all have large moons.

— Debra Fischer

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

— Alan Stern

You could not have predicted the amazing discoveries at Pluto, even though we have been to a couple of objects in the solar system…

— Alan Stern

Pluto is not a planet, but I am.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Just because Pluto or comets aren't as big as Jupiter doesn't mean they are not scientifically important - indeed, just the reverse is often…

— Alan Stern

We're just learning that a lot of planets are small planets, and we didn't know that before, fact is, in planetary science, objects such…

— Alan Stern

It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most populous class…

— Alan Stern

Why can't Pluto be a planet? Some people like Pluto. And if it doesn't exist then they don't have a favorite planet. Right? Please…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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