Pluto In Not a Planet
POSTED BY: DonCoat
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2006 20:02
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The International Astronomical Union redefined the term 'planet' in such a way that little Pluto is no longer a planet. That leaves eight official planets in the solar system, not the nine we always thought we had.
Pluto is now a "Trans-Neptunian Object" and a dwarf planet.
Interestingly, the definition adopted today differs from the draft version, which would have left Pluto as a planet but would also have admitted three other planets: the asteroid Ceres, Pluto's moon Charon, and an as-yet-unnamed object beyond Pluto.
... and hundreds of moons, presumably!
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I'm pointin' right at it!
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Don't matter what no white coat says, I got meself a nice big piece of rock. Or frozen methane, whatever. I mean, maybe we should fire these geeks. People study the stars, but they don't make planets, or even space ships, I'm not exactly sure what they're doing. In the new space cowboy age, where ever you hang your hat is a planet.
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I guess Pluto is now a mythical place...like Iowa! 
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Anyone who says it ain't a planet should be forced to go and correct every encylopedia, science book, starmap and whatnot to give them something more USEFUL to do.
We've considered it a planet for almost 70 some years, it can durned well stay a planet if we say it is, right ?
The game's not fun when they keep changin the rules.
-Frem
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Anyone who says it ain't a planet should be forced to go and correct every encylopedia, science book, starmap and whatnot to give them something more USEFUL to do.
We've considered it a planet for almost 70 some years, it can durned well stay a planet if we say it is, right ?
The game's not fun when they keep changin the rules.
That's the way it's always been. only recently were the 'outer planets' discovered. and not that long ago, it was thought the sun revolved around the earth. I heard someone say in regards to this that the Universe is not changing, our perception of it is. Gotta keep up with the times.
Posting to stir stuff up.
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How come our Major views of the solar system change and its not on the news but celebrity divorces are on for weeks??
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Poor Pluto. 
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation."
-Bertrand Russell
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Silly Penguin - Pluto exists its just less important 
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"We don't fear the reaper"
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Uh-oh... what about the Science Fair?
I'm kidding. Pluto's still a planet in my book. So 
, scientifical board of people-who-want-to-confuse-all-of-us-who-grew-up-with-"There are nine planets in the solar system!"
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I'm a trouble-maker; Kaneman said so!
::points to 'I'm a trouble-maker' sticker on shirt and makes a platypus noise::
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So... We're going to ignore that Pluto actually isn't a planet?
What's next, not doing research on embryonic stem cells that could save millions of lives, or preventing women from receiving a morning after pill for years with no medical justification?
Oh. Right.
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