Pluto No Longer a Planet

sunnygrl · 08-24-2006

Well, so much for all my science projects in elementary school. We were taught wrong!

Now what are kids going to put in their shoebox diaramas of the planets?

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a..._ccc=2&cid=842

pamplemoose77 · 08-24-2006

wow i had heard they were debating it.. that article was really interesting!

on the plus side, now we can tell our kids, "when i was little, i had to walk to school in the snow AND memorize *nine* planets!!"

Cosmo · 08-24-2006

Don't believe everything you hear, Pluto is a planet...

Fine critters too..

Sol · 08-24-2006

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Originally Posted by Cosmo

Don't believe everything you hear, Pluto is a planet...

Fine critters too..

Yeah!!! This is an example of sizeism. Pluto is too small to be a planet?! UGH! Which planet will be next?

Next, they will be wanting to change this little guy's name. I will really be pissed.

Cosmo · 08-24-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sol

Yeah!!! This is an example of sizeism. Pluto is too small to be a planet?! UGH! Which planet will be next?

Next, they will be wanting to change this little guy's name. I will really be pissed.

Rissask · 08-25-2006

copycat

http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...2-planets.html

**ryberg** · 06-15-2007

Read 'em and weep, Plutonians!

Quote:

Poor Pluto not even the largest dwarf planet

• Mass of dwarf planet Eris is 27 percent more than Pluto
• Professor: Pluto and Eris are twins -- except Eris is slightly pudgier
• Pluto was demoted last year by the International Astronomical Union

"This is sort of Pluto's last stand," joked Emily L. Schaller of California Institute of Technology, co-author of a report in Thursday's issue of the journal Science.

Steve

**Bumper** · 06-15-2007

"I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they're choosing a king, that they don't just base their selection strictly on size, because I bet there's a few Chihuahuas out there with some really good ideas."

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08-24-2006	#2 (permalink)
pamplemoose77 añejo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: dallas - kinda, tx Posts: 9,535	wow i had heard they were debating it.. that article was really interesting! on the plus side, now we can tell our kids, "when i was little, i had to walk to school in the snow AND memorize nine planets!!"

08-24-2006	#3 (permalink)
Cosmo añejo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,471	Don't believe everything you hear, Pluto is a planet... Fine critters too..

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Rissask Brit basher Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 18,429	copycat http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...2-planets.html

06-15-2007	#8 (permalink)
Bumper Class Clown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 9,525	"I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they're choosing a king, that they don't just base their selection strictly on size, because I bet there's a few Chihuahuas out there with some really good ideas."

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