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I am in mourning for the loss of our ninth planet, which is no longer a planet, Pluto. Astronomers have decided it isn't "a celestial body that is (a) in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit" it's not a planet anymore.

/o\

can we still go there anyway?

wtf is it then if it still has an orbit around the sun

it's a "dwarf planet." asteroids in the asteroid belt orbit the sun, but they're not planets either. there are a few other dwarf planets as well, such as Xena and Ceres.

That's retarded! Pluto is still a planet, as far as everyone except for them is concerned.

3rd grade science projects will be easier at least.

or cause more confusion...

'its a planet because i got told this all my life and i know no different' kthx

Pluto is the moon os the solar system.
*heads down*

So that planet song is ruined. Any one know it? Supposed to help you remember something, which I also forgot.

it's a dog

woof woof

so the sentence to remember the order of the planets won't work anymore
"mein vater erklärt mir jeden sonntag unsere neun (planeten)"

slimshady wrote: /o\

can we still go there anyway?

Slimshady for the win!

flying piano for the win!

I thought Charon and Pluto would be known as 'twin planets'? I guess they still aren't /real/ planets. Charon and Pluto are similar to Earth and the moon, because they technically orbit each other (unlike Jupiter which couldn't possibly orbit its moons), however Pluto and Charon's centre of mass isn't inside Pluto or Charon, so they aren't planets. Whereas the Earth and Moon's centre of mass is somewhere inside the Earth.