Pluto 'demoted'? WTF?

[Jeff]

Meh. Doesn't bother me.

Same here. It will take a little getting used to but I see nothing wrong with properly classifying it now. Better late than never.

[TK-8252]

I say good riddance.

[toms]

They'd have to re-write the books anyway.. either down to eight planets.. or up to about 15-30 of them.

 

Just think... this way its going to be much easier to memorise the planets in science class than it would be if there were dozens of them..

[BongoBob]

Good, I'd rather remember only 8 planets instead of the 15-30 there would be otherwise o.0

[coupes.]

Nooooooo ! [/vader]

 

Pluto will always be my favorite ;_;

 

[Kjølen]

Pluto was never "officially" a planet to begin with. They just officially debunked popular belief, though.

 

As for me, Pluto's moon was about the same size as Pluto. That bull**** alone confuses the hell out of me. Pluto can go do whatever it wants, in my opinion.

[Alegis]

Good, I'd rather remember only 8 planets instead of the 15-30 there would be otherwise o.0

And that would increase every year as they discover new objects that would fit the description

 

"ARE YOU ROUND? Ok join the club"

 

A proper description works contra-confusing, Black Knight.

 

Now that Pluto is out of the way ...

 

MARS YOU'RE NEXT!

 

I shan't accept any other planets than earth damnit, everything revolves around earth ... I want to feel special

[Nerd_Annhilator]

Ahhh the work of thousands of people sitting about and pretending to be important.

[Black Knight of Keno]

MARS YOU'RE NEXT!

Actually, Mercury should be next... >_>

[Dagobahn Eagle]

Sun in the centre of the Sol System? WTF?

 

This is pure idiocy to me. Think of all those who still think the Sun revolves around us. Why, oh why...?

 

I really don't see the point in this. Just makes everything more confusing than before this does.

 

That's just...stupid. The sun revolves around us, period.

 

[...] at the end of the day we have to describe the Solar System as it really is, not as we would like it to be

--Prof. Iwan Williams, Chair, IAU Panel.

 

It's called progress, budds. One of those annoying features of science. The Bible's far better in that respect - you only need to study it once:D.

 

I guess I'd better not tell them about the new theory that says there are lots of planets in this system, beyond Pluto, bringing the total up to 19-21.

[MrWally]

Hmmm I wonder if they are ever going to proclaim Sedna a planet now. Does any one else remember a few years ago when there was talk of another official planet being announced? It's 10x further from the sun than pluto is, but if I remember it's still relatively large, sphere shaped, and has a constant circular orbit...

 

hmm...

[Dagobahn Eagle]

Earth should be next. I wanna live on a moon:D!

 

Just out of interest:

 

Oh God, they named a dwarf planet after Donald Duck's car:D!

[Black Knight of Keno]

Disney seems to be popular in space

[Pie™]

Disney should have lobbied to keep it a planet.

[TK-8252]

YES!

 

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Vogons:_Earth_no_longer_a_planet

[Joetheeskimo]

Yeah, they've been thinking about demoting it for a while. Our moon is larger than it is. But it's still stupid, because we have to change all the textbooks to reflect this now. It's not much of a surprise though - science is always changing (for example, there's now a study that may prove that lactic acid isn't actually 'waste', but rather fuel, and that it's a good thing.)

[narfblat]

Now that Pluto is a dwarf planet, it should be renamed. I pick "Dopey" in honor of the people that made this decision.

[toms]

Not the first time btw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_bodies_formerly_considered_planets

[TiE23]

http://solarmyspace.ytmnd.com/

 

lol.

[IG-64]

I guess we won't have to wait till 2015 to have had probed all the planets...