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oddler
08-24-2006, 06:24 PM
Pluto is no longer a planet. Will they ever make up their minds? :eep:


PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.

After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930. The new definition of what is — and isn't — a planet fills a centuries-old black hole for scientists who have labored since Copernicus without one.

Although astronomers applauded after the vote, Jocelyn Bell Burnell — a specialist in neutron stars from Northern Ireland who oversaw the proceedings — urged those who might be "quite disappointed" to look on the bright side.

"It could be argued that we are creating an umbrella called 'planet' under which the dwarf planets exist," she said, drawing laughter by waving a stuffed Pluto of Walt Disney fame beneath a real umbrella.

The decision by the prestigious international group spells out the basic tests that celestial objects will have to meet before they can be considered for admission to the elite cosmic club.

For now, membership will be restricted to the eight "classical" planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Much-maligned Pluto doesn't make the grade under the new rules for a planet: "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit."

Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's.

Instead, it will be reclassified in a new category of "dwarf planets," similar to what long have been termed "minor planets." The definition also lays out a third class of lesser objects that orbit the sun — "small solar system bodies," a term that will apply to numerous asteroids, comets and other natural satellites.

It was unclear how Pluto's demotion might affect the mission of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a 9 1/2-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets.

The decision at a conference of 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries was a dramatic shift from just a week ago, when the group's leaders floated a proposal that would have reaffirmed Pluto's planetary status and made planets of its largest moon and two other objects.

That plan proved highly unpopular, splitting astronomers into factions and triggering days of sometimes combative debate that led to Pluto's undoing.

Now, two of the objects that at one point were cruising toward possible full-fledged planethood will join Pluto as dwarfs: the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted, and 2003 UB313, an icy object slightly larger than Pluto whose discoverer, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology, has nicknamed "Xena."

Charon, the largest of Pluto's three moons, is no longer under consideration for any special designation.

Brown was pleased by the decision. He had argued that Pluto and similar bodies didn't deserve planet status, saying that would "take the magic out of the solar system."

"UB313 is the largest dwarf planet. That's kind of cool," he said.

How does everyone feel about this?

Tavrobel
08-24-2006, 06:32 PM
Things are as they should be. Pluto was never a planet in the first place.

At best, it's a former moon of Neptune.

Flying Mullet
08-24-2006, 06:35 PM
Just as long as they stay away from Uranus.

Cruise Control
08-24-2006, 06:38 PM
I thought this was about the movie Rejected :(

Resha
08-24-2006, 06:38 PM
I hate them so much. Pluto's the best. :nonono: One day Pluto'll fall on their heads and then they'll be sorry. :) And I will the Queen of Pluto, for my undying loyalty.

loinharte
08-24-2006, 07:08 PM
man pluto was cool to it was small and alone like.... i dont know but it was

Levian
08-24-2006, 07:26 PM
Pluto is a dog you geeks.

The Devil Man
08-24-2006, 07:29 PM
Pluto is a dog you geeks.

EXACTLY!!!!

And, more importantly, how does Mickey Mouse feel about all this???

bipper
08-24-2006, 07:29 PM
Just as long as they stay away from Uranus.

<del>You're</del> your always so possessive :( You should share!! I feel like nothing but an object to you!

Levian
08-24-2006, 07:30 PM
Pluto is a dog you geeks.

EXACTLY!!!!

And, more importantly, how does Mickey Mouse feel about all this???

I'm pretty sure Mickey is very well aware that his dog is not a planet.

The Devil Man
08-24-2006, 07:32 PM
I'm getting confused...

I always thought he was!

loinharte
08-24-2006, 07:35 PM
does mickey beet pluto? i think he does.:mad2:

edczxcvbnm
08-24-2006, 07:35 PM
So why is Ceres and Xena not planets? They don't cross any paths and meet the requirements. These ASStronomers are a bunch of crack snorting dolphins!

bipper
08-24-2006, 07:38 PM
Even planets can fail. We shall rename this floating turd of an astroid to Marick.

Fred
08-24-2006, 07:40 PM
Everyone knows astronomy is the most useless science, and we'd all be better off building a big shield around our planet to get rid of those pesky stars from our view. That pesky sun will be gone too!

loinharte
08-24-2006, 07:41 PM
Marick why?

bipper
08-24-2006, 07:43 PM
Marick is synominous for fail. Its a EoFF Pop Culture thing... I think. It is not too known or popular, cause he can only truely fail if he even fails at failing.

Jimmy Dark Aeons Slayer
08-24-2006, 07:44 PM
Well i for one can΄t thank enough those asses i had to study Pluto for nothing at school!?:mad2:

This kind of pisses me off!

loinharte
08-24-2006, 07:45 PM
awesome failing cool.

Laugh at face of Danger
08-24-2006, 08:15 PM
i feel sorry for it! and scorpios! YOU NO LONGER HAVE A RULING PLANET *laughs*

Sunny Day Suicide
08-24-2006, 08:17 PM
I heard about this 3 days ago, I think.

bipper
08-24-2006, 08:19 PM
Scorpios do not need a planet, we have EGOs.

Also, they have been questioning pluto's existance as a planet since it was named one. I am not too supprised, especially when they are looking into addin more plutos as planets.

Avarice-ness
08-24-2006, 08:22 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny

I like that news on better.

First 9 planets, then 10, then 12, now 8!
Hooray!

And yeah, We scorpio's don't need planets, our egos are as great as the god pluto anyways, we'll resurect his planet WITH OUR MINDS! >=O

Flying Mullet
08-24-2006, 08:23 PM
Scorpios aren't people anyways. They're more like pets. :cookie:

Avarice-ness
08-24-2006, 08:26 PM
Well hey, We have Satan... I mean Hades/Pluto on our side.
There's nothing worse than a scorned Scorpio, We'll prolly just take over someone elses planet. :razz:

Flying Mullet
08-24-2006, 08:46 PM
You still have your dwarf planet.

Markus. D
08-24-2006, 09:02 PM
Ceres ;)

Freya
08-24-2006, 09:07 PM
So what is we refer about Pluto as a planet now. Will we get strange looks? I feel like my whole world has been turned upside down now.

The Devil Man
08-24-2006, 09:16 PM
Pluto is now referred to as 'A Lump of rock that follows Neptune around.'

And you think your world has been turned upside down?!?! Think of the, uhh... err... 'Plutonians' and how THEY must be feeling!

Avarice-ness
08-24-2006, 09:41 PM
I think they feel as most scorpio's do. I say next time their close enough to Neptune we take them over. =]

The Hubsta
08-24-2006, 09:45 PM
I'm happy because it means about 1/200th of what I would have had to study for my science GCSE is now void :D

oddler
08-24-2006, 10:27 PM
Pluto, a planet since 1930, got the boot because it didn't meet the new rules, which say a planet not only must orbit the sun and be large enough to assume a nearly round shape, but must "clear the neighborhood around its orbit." That disqualifies Pluto, whose oblong orbit overlaps Neptune's, downsizing the solar system to eight planets from the traditional nine.

I don't understand. If the object must clear the neighborhood around its orbit, wouldn't that mean that Neptune is also not a planet? Why Pluto and not Neptune? Their orbits cross each other.

I'm waiting for Bipper to call them racists. :p

Jessweeee♪
08-24-2006, 10:55 PM
Pluto is my favorite planet.
SCREW YOU SCIENTISTS!!! I'll always refer to Pluto as a planet.
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Think of the children!! Never will the day come where they sing the wonderful song of pizza pies :(
Woe is me!!!

Captain Maxx Power
08-25-2006, 12:26 AM
Pluto's way too far away to be plundered anyway, I couldn't care less if it's been declassified. Then again we may have missed a trick and it's really something much more significant, like the remains of a Space Cow, or the Death Star.

feona17
08-25-2006, 12:47 AM
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Beat that, biatches.

Tavrobel
08-25-2006, 12:50 AM
Pluto's way too far away to be plundered anyway, I couldn't care less if it's been declassified. Then again we may have missed a trick and it's really something much more significant, like the remains of a Space Cow, or the Death Star.

el oh el Maxx, everyone knows that you are concocting a plan to use Pluto as your own personal Pirate Ship for your Pirate Red Mages. It would fit perfectly: not only is it stolen from Neptune, it's nice and under the radar.

bipper
08-25-2006, 04:45 AM
[QUOTE=some Yahoo News Site]
I'm waiting for Bipper to call them racists. :p

Oh yeah; THESE SCIENTISTS ARE ****ing racists! I am mother******* sick of hate on these mother******* planets :mad2:



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:cry:

While Pluto sails away to surf the abys of space, I think we should just renaim it to Sephiroth.

NINJA_Ryu
08-25-2006, 04:47 AM
Welll, sonny, when i was your age.....

PLUTO was a planet! not one of these newfoundangled "dwarf planets"

bah humbug!

Araciel
08-25-2006, 04:50 AM
pluto isn't a planet?....hell as far as i know it never existed in the first place anyway

scorpios ...always talking about their egos and how BIG they are...psh

Zell's Fists of Fury
08-25-2006, 05:49 AM
http://deathstarvspluto.ytmnd.com/

Medi
08-25-2006, 06:46 AM
How about mom serves us nachos now, instead of nine pizzas?

Avarice-ness
08-25-2006, 07:33 AM
I CAN'T FEEL PLUTO ANYMORE!

THIS IS LIKE IN KATAMARI DAMACY! BUT ONLY US SCORPIOS KNOW!
I can't feel pluto!!! :(

bipper
08-25-2006, 03:34 PM
I CAN'T FEEL PLUTO ANYMORE!

THIS IS LIKE IN KATAMARI DAMACY! BUT ONLY US SCORPIOS KNOW!
I can't feel pluto!!! :(

I would say the same but my hands are in my pants.

Jessweeee♪
08-25-2006, 10:54 PM
Saw this on the Colbert Report
My Very Educated Mother Just Said Uh-oh No Pluto


and I'm not a nacho fan :P

Something I've always wondered: Pluto and Neptunes orbits overlap....what happens when they collide in the next 5,283 years?