Comments | seanorange: Pluto Spanked

seanorange

Pluto Spanked

Aug 24, 2006 10:11

Bad Dog.

What does this mean? Probably nothing. Pluto's still there. As well as its three (count 'em, three) moons ( Read more... )

final frontier, what the fuck ever, ranting

Comments 11

crabmoon August 24 2006, 16:36:29 UTC

Now it's not magical...9...not fair...I liked Pluto. It's still a planet to me.

seanorange August 24 2006, 17:25:13 UTC

I'm sure astrology will keep it. It's kind of interesting that its name reflects its orbit, and the astrological implications thereof...

You know, one day it might get close enough to Neptune to become a satellite or crash into it, and then the point will be moot.

~Sean

evil_jim August 24 2006, 19:17:29 UTC

This is getting to be like the 5th Hitchhiker book.

seanorange August 24 2006, 20:05:13 UTC

NOTHING can be like the fifth Hitchhiker book...

*cries*

~Sean

itspitsacid August 24 2006, 20:51:13 UTC

Well as long as Hydra's still there I'm happy. Though. If Pluto isn't a planet is Hydra still considered a moon? I really need to catch up on my astronomy...

seanorange August 24 2006, 21:49:52 UTC

Is that one of the three satellites? That's what they are now -- satellites. I think only planets have satellites that can be termed as "moons", but they didn't cover it in their definition, so who knows...

~Sean

aremisasling August 24 2006, 22:14:36 UTC

Well, to be more exact, Pluto was disqualified because it didn't clear the debris disk in its neighborhood. Purportedly the Trans-neptunian objects (anything that either crosses or is beyond Neptune's orbit) are, themselves, debris outside of the classic orbital plane. As Pluto is in Neptune's path, but not within it's orbital disk, it is merely an interloper, and not considered bad planetary housekeeping on Neptune's part ( ... )

seanorange August 24 2006, 22:34:16 UTC

These criticisms were injected into the article after I linked it (and I echoed them in my addendum), and now I see you saying it too. These seem like such gaping holes that you'd think more people would have stopped to think. Speaking of which, "a conclusion is just a place where you've stopped thinking". That's especially true of this conclusion, which has the aforementioned holes in it.

And a dwarf "planet" isn't a planet? WTCHOP? What's wrong with planetoid?

~Sean

aremisasling August 24 2006, 22:54:39 UTC

There's already a petition circulating that proposes the issue be reopened so that the other 9,500 or so astronomers that are registered with the IAU be allowed to vote on the issue. Currently only about 500 are in on the gig.

Meep

the plutonians weigh in... zacshipley August 25 2006, 06:28:37 UTC

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Re: the plutonians weigh in... seanorange August 26 2006, 05:17:18 UTC

Dude, totally. And the original Cybermen are from Pluto (or Planet X, which also isn't a planet any more...). Fuck this.

~Sean