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Makemake Becomes the Newest Dwarf Planet

Posted by kdawson on from the this-one's-a-kuiper dept.

Kligat writes "The Kuiper belt object formerly known as (136472) 2005 FY9 has been rechristened Makemake and classified as a dwarf planet and plutoid by the International Astronomical Union, according to the United States Geological Survey. The reclassification occurs just a month after the latter category was created. The object was referred to by the team of discoverers by the codename Easterbunny, and the name Makemake comes from the creation deity of Easter Island, in accordance with IAU rules on naming Kuiper belt objects."

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  1. I miss... by sleeping123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I miss Pluto.

    1. Re:I miss... by Escogido · · Score: 4, Funny

      I miss Pluto.

      Don't worry, if you keep training, your aim will eventually improve.

  2. Whatwhat? by exley · · Score: 5, Funny

    $ make dwarf_planet

    make: *** No rule to make target `dwarf_planet'. Stop.

    Alright, well, that doesn't help at all. Maybe this?

    1. Re:Whatwhat? by infonography · · Score: 5, Funny

      it failed, there for it was the one that comes with SUN.

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    2. Re:Whatwhat? by lysse · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't know, it seems an eminently sensible way to name gods. We could have Killkill for the bringer of death, or Badbad for the source of evil, or Hichic for the god of wine... this has possibilities.

    3. Re:Whatwhat? by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

      By issuing the command make make, obviously. Nobody said make couldn't exist before you make make. Do you not think that those who make make did not previously make another make? So, to make make all you have to do is make make with another make.

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  3. Re:plutoid... I like it by Ydna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pluto does not have rings.

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  4. Me too... by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but not as much as I miss Goofy.

    1. Re:Me too... by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

      As long as it's not jarjar I don't care.

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      Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
    2. Re:Me too... by ArieKremen · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nothing unusual, only goofy

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  5. Re:Leader of the discovery team wrote a blog entry by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's pronounced "make - make", the English way, i.e. the way that the Baby Jesus would have said it. You got the part about it being "christened", right?

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  6. About Venus... by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, are you suggesting that Venus, or Aphrodite, be renamed Fuckfuck?