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IAU Demotes Pluto to 'Dwarf Planet' Status

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-then-there-were-eight dept.

davidwr writes "It's official. Pluto's been demoted. It's now one of several 'dwarf planets.' I guess we can drop the 'Period' from 'Mary's violet eyes make John stay up nights.'" (Of course, no one says you have to privately agree with the International Astronomical Union.) Several readers have contributed links to the BBC's coverage of the downgrade, as well as the usefully illustrated story at MSNBC.

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  1. good start! next step: by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    demote mercury to moon

    elevate titan to planethood

    i'm not joking

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  2. Pluto is still a planet. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Astronomers be damned. Pluto is a planet. It is Big and Round and Orbits the sun. What does orbital eccentricity have to do with it? Nothing.

    Oh NoES!!!11 Pluto has a weird orbital inclination! No one cares, because everyone knows Pluto is a planet.

    And "takes the magic out of the solar system"? Uhm, no. How about removing planets, does THAT not take magic out of the solar system?

    Two steps forward, one step back...

  3. Re:Mnemonic device update by clickclickdrone · · Score: 0, Troll

    >Your very eager mother served up something else the other night!
    A complete and utter lie







    She was with me.

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