My thoughts on…Pluto’s demotion
Pluto was demoted the other day, joining Ceres and 2003 UB313 in the category of “dwarf planets”, because its orbit overlaps Neptune’s, and just about everyone on this side of the solar system knew about it. The blogosphere was awash with posts about it. Many gave the planet their support, as if it was a P.O.W. or something, and all were pretty pissed at the decision. Personally I can’t see what the fuss is about. It’s not like it fell out of orbit and was hurtling towards Earth or it was blown up with a frickin’ laser. But I do feel Pluto’s pain. It was the underdog of the planets, being farthest from the Sun and smallest to boot. And, as if things weren’t bad enough, it’s been given the boot, and stripped of its planetary status. And what of the children? Textbooks and those dumb little rhymes that help you remember the planets will have to be rewritten, and those solar system projects will have one less papier-mache ball on their wire orbits. But cheer up Pluto. You are no longer smallest of planets. You are now largest of the dwarfs.
That’s a nice post and a nice idea. I too, have been wondering what to think of this. For one thing, I’m glad all these other objects weren’t included. One of them didn’t even have a name yet! But you’re right about Pluto. It was kinda cute and had a funny name. It felt good having that tiny speck as the outermost object in our solar system. Now, all the romance has gone out of it, it seems. But you’re also right that we’ll get along fine without it of course. One of the better Pluto posts.
I know these kids now a days have things easier: computers, cel phones, and now one less planet to memorize!
Poor pluto, it was always one of the most mis-undertood planet.
What devious mastermind feels it’d B easier to conquer de world if de world were smaller, & is there4 discardin’ all de cumbersome little outposts that might B 2 tedious to reach one at a time–until de whole world is just de earth & mayB Mars–since they’ve already been there & prob’ly have a Martian fetish?! Leon, if U noh know, me noh know either, but . . .
Lol,Pluto doesn’t care at all
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Then please spare us, yardie.
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Ohh just amazing, i haven’t seened it before the speck It felt good having that tiny speck as the outermost object in our solar system
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Cho… Pluto was boring anyway! They don’t have any pretty wenches, nor any nice niteclubs or bars on that planet anyway! The wages of being boring SHOULD BE death! Fyah pon Pluto!
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