Pluto :/

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 24 Aug 2006 18:11

Pluto had one weakness...

http://plutoweakness.ytmnd.com/

http://sorrypluto.ytmnd.com/

http://savepluto.ytmnd.com/

http://plutoplanet.ytmnd.com/

lol http://jridinspinnaz.ytmnd.com/

Spontaneous Spaz · Post by **Spontaneous Spaz** » 24 Aug 2006 18:20

without pluto... what will become of:

my verry educated mother just served us nine pizzas ?
(mercury, venus, earth, marths, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, "pluto")

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 24 Aug 2006 18:21

I think it's funny that some people think theres 8 planets in our system, while some think there's 10 and/or 11.

pips · Post by **pips** » 24 Aug 2006 18:33

Yeah. After taking two classes of astronomy, I kind of adopted the idea that Pluto is not a planet either. It is supposedly a comet from the Kupier Belt...because of it's size, the fact that it was solid, and it's orbit. There may have been more, but it's been a while.

I've been familiar about the requirements to be a planet, and Pluto just missed those requirements. The other day, my mom told me that they changed the requirements, and Pluto was back in, and they discovered a new planet!? Or added a new one? I don't know. She watches the news a lot. I don't.

Texta · Post by **Texta** » 24 Aug 2006 18:44

They had a big meeting of astronomers from all over the world and voted in some definitions for what a planet is. There was a proposal that would have extended the number of planets to 11 or 12 and another one to reduce it to 8 (ie get rid of pluto). It looks like the reducing it to 8 lobby won, but it's all political.

I'm pretty happy with 9 planets. Whether something is a planet or not is pretty meaningless. A rose by any other name etc.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 24 Aug 2006 18:59

It's completely arbitrary defining what a "planet" is. Astronomers can vote on it, but so what? Don't get me wrong, I'm one of few people who loves science and admits to it, but when it comes to this story I don't really care and I don't really think that it's newsworthy. It's like the fact that a tomato is actually a fruit and not a vegetable. It's still just a tomato just like Pluto is still Pluto. Big whoop.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 24 Aug 2006 22:25

Iron Clad Ben wrote:It's completely arbitrary defining what a "planet" is. Astronomers can vote on it, but so what? Don't get me wrong, I'm one of few people who loves science and admits to it, but when it comes to this story I don't really care and I don't really think that it's newsworthy. It's like the fact that a tomato is actually a fruit and not a vegetable. It's still just a tomato just like Pluto is still Pluto. Big whoop.

Yep. I can just picture God in heaven laughing at us

dyalander · Post by **dyalander** » 25 Aug 2006 00:25

I can picture god laughing at you. (And this funny joke at you're expense, he likes it when i make fun of people).

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 27 Aug 2006 16:42

I don't get it

Spontaneous Spaz · Post by **Spontaneous Spaz** » 27 Aug 2006 19:45

i changed my mind.... pluto shouldn't be a planet

i define a planet as a big asteroid with an atmosphere... and shit in it... pluto has neither... screw pluto and the other 2 asteroidal planet thingies farther in the solar system

...idk...

Bander87 · Post by **Bander87** » 28 Aug 2006 04:22

Psh, now they have to change textbooks!!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 28 Aug 2006 17:35

Textbooks needed to be changed anyways.