pluto

Me, who misread the caption at first, who knows Plato is a philosopher

I thought it was a kind of modeling clay.

It you class it as a planet you can have to do it for all the others

And who wants to memorize more than eight or nine planets.

Back in school we used to have a book with an illustration of the solar system with all the planets in neat almost circular orbits in a plane around the sun. And there was Pluto with its skewed orbit that was all over the place. My teacher couldn't convince me that it should be lumped in with the rest of the planets.

I felt satisfaction when Jim Carrey's kids in Me, Myself and Irene complained that it shouldn't be a planet. That was the first time I ever heard a person say that.

Pluto isn't a planet but Phobos is still a moon. Seems unfair.

new planet definition is dumb and i don’t subscribe to it. pluto is always a planet as far as im concerned

Then you must accept at least 5 more and up to a couple hundred. Are you prepared?
- the more the merrier

Always "Pluto, Pluto, Pluto". Why does no one ever remember Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake? They're each as much of a "planet" as Pluto is.

Are dwarf stars not stars?

No, because they aren't undergoing hydrogen fusion due to their insufficient mass.

Gas giant planets, ice giant planets, rocky planets, dwarf planets.

I don't see what the big deal is.

The "big" deal is that a ton of celestial bodies of comparable size to pluto would have to be considered either as planets or as general debris. Finding a clear definition which would include pluto as a planet and not include other stuff would be very impractical and possibly nearly impossible.
But the biggest fuck up was to name a non-planet a "dwarf planet".

False. Pluto is the greatest robot on Earth.

Hi.

Go away, Pluto. You are not a planet. /s

me knowing pluto is a comrade

@pluto@hexbear.net

Hello there.

The stupidest consequence of the definition is not the classification of Pluto, but that there are only eight planets in the entire universe.

a planet is a celestial body that:
is in orbit around the Sun

Only USA people are arguing against it be cause of national pride, it's the "planet" they had discovered. Among astronomers the consensus is established.

You overestimate how many of us even know that. It was probably mentioned in school I guess, but this is the first I remember hearing it. I did do kindergarten to 2nd grade in a different country though.
- Why do you think you were taught about it? What you learn at school is heavily influenced by the "national myth". It's most visible in your history lessons, but science is also impacted, it will be biased towards your culture's scientists and discoveries. I am observing that in Europe too, I'm not saying the USA are worse on that.