So they now say Pluto is not a planet!

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  • Vedder4Prez
    Vedder4Prez Posts: 856
    who cares........
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Pluto is a celestial body in the solar system classified as a dwarf planet, and is the prototype of a yet-to-be-named family of trans-Neptunian objects. Pluto had been considered the ninth planet of the solar system from its discovery in 1930 until August 24, 2006 when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) convened to redefine the term "planet". Due to recent discoveries of other trans-Neptunian objects, most notably 2003 UB313 ("Xena"), which is larger than Pluto, the IAU's redefinition of "planet" resulted in Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet.

    Currently there are 3 dwarf planets in our solar system:

    Ceres: which follows an orbit between Mars and Jupiter... it's considered to be an asteroid but has planetary characteristics. it is slightly smaller than pluto.

    Pluto: ummm yah we know this one.

    2003 UB313 (Codename Xena): A little larger than pluto... it's rumored to be coated in Methane... lol... a very farty dwarf planet. it actually has a moon that was nicknamed Gabrielle after Xena's sidekick from the TV series. *sigh*

    Thats all for today class.
  • nukeboot
    nukeboot Posts: 1,465
    It's Stone's fault that Pluto got de-planetized.
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  • Mookie Baylock
    Mookie Baylock Posts: 90
    One more analogy to make this make sense.

    Imagine if i gave you 8 riecis pieces (RP) and one M&M (M). You have never seen these kind of candies befiore. You would look, realize that one is slightly different. Further analysis would show that M had a different amount of suger in the shell, was shaped slightly differntly, had chocolate in it and had an "M" stamped on it. But since you have no others of its kind to compare it to, you might just conclude that it is an oddball RP.

    Now if I later added a few more M's, maybe dozens or hundreds, you would conclude that "hey this is something entirely different". A new class of candy all together. It no longer makes sense to classify both types of candy as one type, so you would have to rename a new class of candy.

    This is what happened with Pluto.
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  • btb002
    btb002 Posts: 183
    Damn! That just increases my opinion that those spoiled-ass kids have it way too easy!
    You are just a negative mindless pud.
  • Claudia
    Claudia Posts: 398
    nukeboot wrote:
    It's Stone's fault that Pluto got de-planetized.

    :D:D:D
  • brokenarrow
    brokenarrow Posts: 478
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    Pluto sucks. Hate that dumb ass planet


    that made me laugh out loud! :D




    pluto will always be a planet to me, it was thoroughly drilled into our heads for many, many, many years in science class as young tykes....just like health class and the tomato being a vegetable, it will forever be a veg and not a fruit.
    ;)




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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    prism wrote:
    wait, there was a Greek god named Uranus? betcha the reason that we never heard anything about him was because he was such an asshole.

    :D
  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    Purple Hawk wrote:
    I don't know why, but I'm really amused by this. I grow up, study the solar system....then one day they say..."wait...actually, Pluto isn't a planet."

    How does that go? And now I guess they found some other possible planets?

    How do you go from deciding that some big mass of rock is a planet, and believing in this for years, then one day saying...you know, it really isn't???? I think once you decide to declare something as a planet, you have to be REALLY sure.

    Yeah, I have to admit that when I first heard the news earlier this week, I was a little sad. My first reaction was that something else from my youth had died :(---not to get all morbid and all but its kinda true. I also heard a couple weeks ago that they are now teaching in schools that Christopher Columbus didn't discover America---so who are they saying did? Its cool in a way because with all the advanced technology and intelligence in today's society, we are now finding out the truth behind these ancient secrets and myths.

    Pluto will be missed. :) Cheers to the little "planet" that never was!
  • sourdough
    sourdough Posts: 579
    Columbus didn't discover America. there were people living here before that. We'll never know who, but it was settled thousands of years before hand. Secondly, it was the vikings who were the first europeans to have discovered America. They just didn't stick around and colonize like Columbus did.
  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    sourdough wrote:
    Columbus didn't discover America. there were people living here before that. We'll never know who, but it was settled thousands of years before hand. Secondly, it was the vikings who were the first europeans to have discovered America. They just didn't stick around and colonize like Columbus did.

    You've got to be kidding. Next thing you're gonna tell me is that the world is round! :p --who knew :D

    no, but really---I thought they found out that it was someone else instead of Columbus who colonized--yes? no? maybe so?--- I dunno.--guess i better go. it seems as though I lack the know :p-- could be a rumour. I don't have any strong sources to back it up-- just asking y'all.
  • sourdough
    sourdough Posts: 579
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    You've got to be kidding. Next thing you're gonna tell me is that the world is round! :p --who knew :D

    no, but really---I thought they found out that it was someone else instead of Columbus who colonized--yes? no? maybe so?--- I dunno.--guess i better go :p-- could be a rumour. I don't have any strong sources to back it up-- just asking y'all.
    oh, no I hadn't heard that one. Although while travelling in Sevilla, Spain, I stumbled across the church that held Columbus' body. I took some pictures of his memorial and his casket only later to find out that it was probably his brother that was in there and not him. Doh.
  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    nukeboot wrote:
    It's Stone's fault that Pluto got de-planetized.
    I couldn't agree with you more.
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  • RVM86
    RVM86 Posts: 76
    Who cares, its just a freakin rock in space. There are more important things to worry about.
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  • BleacherSlushie
    BleacherSlushie Posts: 10
    It's funny how the Sumerians 6,000 years ago knew that Pluto was just a satellite of Staurn before it was dislodged into its own orbit.
  • 69charger
    69charger Posts: 1,045
    BleacherSlushie wrote:
    It's funny how the Sumerians 6,000 years ago knew that Pluto was just a satellite of Staurn before it was dislodged into its own orbit.

    Why's it funny? Because that statement is wrong on so many levels?
  • nukeboot
    nukeboot Posts: 1,465
    Dropping Pluto from the list of planets is wrong on so many levels.

    Here's just one:

    Old way to remember planets - "My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"

    New way to remember planets - "My Very Exotic Mother Just Showed Us Nipples"

    That's just wrong.
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,973
    On TV someone said:

    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos.

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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    nukeboot wrote:
    Dropping Pluto from the list of planets is wrong on so many levels.

    Here's just one:

    Old way to remember planets - "My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"

    New way to remember planets - "My Very Exotic Mother Just Showed Us Nipples"

    That's just wrong.

    :D


    Its funny. I was reading a picture book to my son last night and it had the solar system in it!! I had never read that book to him before so had no idea it had the planets in it---it has all different kinds of topics. It had all nine planets laid out around the sun and I pointed to Pluto and sadly told him the truth. Then I thought about getting a black marker to X it out, so that he won't be confused one day when he learns how to read and stumbles across the expired solar system. *tear*
  • brokenarrow
    brokenarrow Posts: 478
    nukeboot wrote:
    Dropping Pluto from the list of planets is wrong on so many levels.

    Here's just one:

    Old way to remember planets - "My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"

    New way to remember planets - "My Very Exotic Mother Just Showed Us Nipples"

    That's just wrong.





    :D




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