A dwarf, said some with glee
Just a planetary wannabe
Angering many a schoolchild
The planetary vote, openly reviled
Years of debate, finally a mission
In 2006, there was rocket ignition
Toward Pluto and everything beyond
To study what creation spawned
New Horizons didn’t need to land
For scientific minds to understand
Gathering knowledge from deep space
Visiting planets in their birthplace
Just like high school, PL isn’t cool
With the planetary definition rule
Resolution 6A is the official vote
Abandoning Pluto like a turncoat
The debate raged without relief
Until decided by the NASA chief
Produced by an act of God
This Planet X is not a fraud
Discovered by a Kansas country boy
Rudimentary stargazing like a toy
Pinpricks of light that forever froze
Diligently studying blurry photos
Backward axis tilt and rotation
Unique and mysterious gradation
A wealth of scientific information
Just enlarges our planetary affection
Beyond are planetary embryos
Stretching to the start of the cosmos
A journey billions of miles in distance
Scattering clues of our existence
The probe avoids asteroid showers
Messages sent take over four hours
Using Jupiter for harnessing speed
Before Pluto’s trajectory recede
No one dreamed a fly-by practical
Determined to make the math calculable
Pluto fell off the approved projects
Cancelled exploring the Kuiper Belt objects
In view this world has a methane atmosphere
A water inner core and surface ice everywhere
The building blocks of life plainly in view
A once in a lifetime rendezvous
Ticket 2 Ride 