It finally happened..Pluto has been demoted!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:13 am

Yes, it has just been determined that Pluto has been stripped of its status as a planet. How humiliating for Pluto.

Link here.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:31 am

I'm wearing black today...in support of poor Pluto....diminished in title, perhaps, but never in our hearts!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:37 am

Yeah

And I bet Pluto could kick the other planets' asses :guitarist

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:44 am

Pluto was always a punk. He should have never been named a planet. There are ice balls floating around out there bigger than him. :yh_beatup

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:45 am

HEY! Pluto's little but he's COOL! REALLY cool! And...he hangs with Mickey!:wah:

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:52 am

Lulu2 wrote: HEY! Pluto's little but he's COOL! REALLY cool! And...he hangs with Mickey!:wah:

You'd be cool to if you lived that far away from the sun...brrrrr

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:57 am

Small but mighty!!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:58 am

Like the atom!

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:10 am

Apparently when it comes to planets size does matter...:yh_blush

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:14 am

Sez Whooooo?

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:24 am

Apparently the planet police:sneaky:

Shweet tatersalad · Post by **Shweet tatersalad** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:30 am

I'm all for down sizeing but WTF.

I think it is profileing and Micky should sue on behalf of his dog.

CheshireCat · Post by **CheshireCat** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:34 am

Shweet tatersalad wrote: I'm all for down sizeing but WTF.

I think it is profileing and Micky should sue on behalf of his dog.

:wah: Tater!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:02 pm

Typical bureaucracy - if it doesn't conform to the norm then it's not acceptable! Huh! :p

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:21 pm

Where's Johnny Cochran when you need him? (Oh...I forgot...he's dead.) Well, I'm sure Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton will be on it....

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:23 pm

Someone should call in the SPCP...Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Planets

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:24 pm

Poor Pluto! So brave....look how he continues to shine....dimly....despite the shame!:-1

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:28 pm

Wouldn't you know it, just when I finally learned the right order of the planets, they now turned it into a math problem! :wah: (9 - 1 = 8 )

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:29 pm

And the news says they're going to add a bunch of new ones?

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:35 pm

I'm not real excited about having to construct extra planets for the school science project.:-5

Felinessa · Post by **Felinessa** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:46 pm

I was hoping that Xena would join the system instead:(

Or that those astronomers would be working on making the "Jump" possible soon so we could start trolling for inhabitable planets. You know, the one thing that makes me sad about Asimov is that he describes a future which seems entirely plausible, but which none of us will be able to witness. And that's when I get depressed about the limitations of our bodies, because I'd do anything to vacation on one of the Alpha Centauri planets, for example (although I'm not sure if binaries are able to have a planetary system).

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:40 am

Check here for a graphic of the eight planets and the new solar system designation.

Casey Morgan · Post by **Casey Morgan** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:34 pm

I have to say I agree with Pluto's demotion. it never made sense to me to call it a planet.

The irony is, assuming I'm remembering my Roman mythology correctly here, that the other gods didn't want much to do with their Pluto either.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:43 pm

Maybe that's why he's been hanging with Mickey, Minnie & the gang?

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:25 pm

I was in 6th grade (I think) when they discoverd Pluto. At first it was just called "Planet X" and it had a real mystery around it! Everyone at school was really excited because the information on it was so sketchy. Could it have life? Alien civilizations? I even ordered a book on it's discovery through the Weekly Reader teacher in our school.

I kind of feel sad now that it's just a "sub-planet".

On the other hand, scientists have discovered over 200 other planets around other stars since then, so there's plenty to get excited about. I guess you just have to go with the flow, eh?

MoreThanALover · Post by **MoreThanALover** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:30 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: http://ray.rayandlaura.com/images/pluto-astroid.jpg

And this is why demoting Pluto was not a good idea

Hopefully it doesn't decide to take revenge.

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:35 pm

Blimey!! It's been around for billions of years, and they've got the nerve to demote it?

What did it do? was it late for dinner? did it not put the seat down in the loo? fighting in the playground?? Poor pluto!!!!

mad:

MoreThanALover · Post by **MoreThanALover** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:37 pm

Prolly fighting in the play ground, throwing ice at the other poor fake planets.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:41 pm

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.........................

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:42 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.........................

Thats interesting, I used to soooo be in to astronemy when I was a kid.

bigears · Post by **bigears** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:42 pm

Jives wrote: I was in 6th grade (I think) when they discoverd Pluto.

Jives, you know very well that Pluto was located in 1930 (it was predicted by calculation prior to that, according to my 1995 Hutchinson concise encyclopaedia).

bigears · Post by **bigears** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:44 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.........................

aaaaaargh Chonsi you beat me to it

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:47 pm

bigears wrote: aaaaaargh Chonsi you beat me to it

I just typed faster, I knew you had it....................................

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:50 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.........................

LOl! Well then I guess the news only got to Montana by 1970!! ROFL!!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:19 pm

Jives..you were in 6th grade in 1930? Damn, Skippy...you look good for your age.

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nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:49 pm

What the heck is going to happen to the MVEMJSUNP? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles.........as a way to remember the planets?

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing?

Do we fit the dwarf planets in there?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:09 pm

nvalleyvee wrote: What the heck is going to happen to the MVEMJSUNP? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles.........as a way to remember the planets?

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing?

Do we fit the dwarf planets in there?

Noodles???

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:11 pm

Marie5656 wrote: Noodles???

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!! Submit it to the elementary school teachers.........

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:06 am

Marie5656 wrote: Jives..you were in 6th grade in 1930? Damn, Skippy...you look good for your age.

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ROFL! No...apparently he really did discover it in 1930, but I discovered he discovered :wah: it in 1970!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:59 am

What would Mickey Mouse say about that!

Casey Morgan · Post by **Casey Morgan** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:49 am

Marie5656 wrote: Noodles???

LOL That's exactly what I was thinking.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:08 am

chonsigirl wrote: What would Mickey Mouse say about that!

He would think all the fuss was pretty Goofy.