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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

At that point the only really 'planety' thing about is is basically that it is spherical.

Its not primarily orbiting the sun, so much as it is the barycenter of itself and charon.

And there are moons that are bigger, and more spherical, and more massive than Pluto.

And while it does have the vaguely heart shaped terrain feature, Mars has a smiley face crater, Saturn has an eternal hexagon on its north and south poles, despite being a gas giant, Jupiter has the spot, Mimas kinda looks like the Death Star, etc.