scientist talking about this mission and one of the side pieces was discussing the planet question. it was suggested that one possible solution was too open up the definition of the type of planets. so you'd have terrestrial planets, gas giants, ice giants and dwarf planets but they'd all just be classes of the same thing. the only question being is would the public accept 70+ planets in the solar system.
i can't imagine why not. it'd certainly make things more interesting for them and would remind people that our solar system is certainly a lot more interesting than many people think.
i think the best way to go would be to 