ubercat wrote:OK. Let me see if I have this right. Pluto isn't a planet because it's orbit
crosses Neptune's. Then what the fuck does that make Neptune? Neptune
hasn't cleared away pluto, and it's therefor not a planet also?

Holy fuck. This is worse the when we didn't have a definition for a planet.

I thought it was because they discovered a tenth orbiting mass beyond pluto, which was approximately the same size and constitution. Apparently there are nore big rocks out there that pretty much fit the bill to be called 'planets' if pluto is the fundamental criterion.

other arguments i've heard is that pluto just gets grandfathered in as a planet, and the others are just considered satellites or whatever.

One of the earliest known civilizations(sumerians) listed pluto as a planet... but who knows. Aparently gods(crazy planet x reptiles) told the early peeps where those planets were at / what colour they were.

I like the fact that ancient tablets depict the solar system exactly how it is.

Why? Answer: reptile gods?

jasoned wrote:One of the earliest known civilizations(sumerians) listed pluto as a planet... but who knows.

Really? I thought no one knew about Pluto until the 20s? I'd be interested to see more about this.

Pluto and its' moon are hemorrhoids in the solar system.

but I guess it's a planet.

SecondEdition wrote:Pluto and its' moon are hemorrhoids in the solar system.

I think you're referring to the moons around Uranus.

John W. wrote:

SecondEdition wrote:Pluto and its' moon are hemorrhoids in the solar system.

I think you're referring to the moons around Uranus.

I believe this requires some form of acknowledgement.

Here it is.

Now that Pylon song makes no sense...