Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com. Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet? Because for me it just makes it more confusing in our solar system.

Kids in school are learning about the eight planets and the (currently) five dwarf planets. In order from the Sun, we first find Ceres – the largest object in the asteroid belt.

A campaign called "Dear Pluto" aims to get kids around the country excited ahead of the New Horizons spacecraft's historic flyby of the dwarf planet this summer.