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Old 25-08-2006, 10:51 AM   #1
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Question Pluto No Longer A Planet

Don't know if anyone was watching the news this morning - and been trying to find out if this was true or one of those, just checking if you were listening or nots... But on the little news scroll bar, it said that Pluto has been dropped from our solar system??

Has anyone else heard this?? Not that it particularly bothers me, just interested to find out what that is about??

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Old 25-08-2006, 10:56 AM   #2
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Old 25-08-2006, 10:59 AM   #3
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Here:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/plu...012703468.html

Apparently Pluto is just a big lump of ice, smaller than our moon. The scientists reckon its not worthy of being called a planety - its a "dwarf planet".

(Edit] EA2BA, you just beat me to it.
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Old 25-08-2006, 11:01 AM   #4
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Old 25-08-2006, 11:02 AM   #5
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too slow....

Interesting article though
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Old 25-08-2006, 11:03 AM   #6
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so its been deplanetised
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Old 25-08-2006, 11:31 AM   #7
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it was never in our solar system any way


i don't know how they can claim its not a planet anymore when they call it a "dwarf planet"....its like a dwarf rabbit is still a rabbit yeh?

Pluto is my celestial moon or watever they call it....I think its attributes are death and destrcution
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Old 25-08-2006, 11:35 AM   #8
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Since when was WTF a thread title
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Old 25-08-2006, 01:47 PM   #9
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Since when was WTF a thread title
it isn't any more.
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Old 25-08-2006, 01:36 PM   #10
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This has made headline news on just about every news website.
Which ones were you checking before you posted a thread titled "wtf"?
There are forum standard y'know.
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Old 25-08-2006, 01:55 PM   #11
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Pluto IS rather small(diam 2400klms) as is it's sister planet/moon Charon(diam 1200 klms)I'm not surprised it was rellocated..Some of our other planets moons would rival it..
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Pluto says "wtf?"

Strange that pluto has been taken off the list. I saw an email comparing planet sizes a few weeks ago, and it listed a few planets that I didn't learn about in high school.

Also - $1 scratchie to anyone who can remember the stupid saying we all learnt in school to remember the order of the planets. It's been bugging me for at least 10 seconds now.
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Pluto says "wtf?"

Strange that pluto has been taken off the list. I saw an email comparing planet sizes a few weeks ago, and it listed a few planets that I didn't learn about in high school.

Also - $1 scratchie to anyone who can remember the stupid saying we all learnt in school to remember the order of the planets. It's been bugging me for at least 10 seconds now.
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Old 25-08-2006, 02:22 PM   #16
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Sorry about the title guys (thanks for changing) - and have been out west in the mines for the last couple of weeks - So have not been up with the latest in the news...
As for the saying in school, I think the one I knew was, Mr Vampire Eats My Juicy Steak Using No Pepper...
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Old 25-08-2006, 02:32 PM   #17
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So is Plutonium safe now?
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Old 25-08-2006, 03:33 PM   #18
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This is just discrimination against smaller planets - I for one will be fighting to have Pluto reinstated to its rightfuly place in the solar system ;)
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Old 25-08-2006, 08:38 PM   #19
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This is just discrimination against smaller planets - I for one will be fighting to have Pluto reinstated to its rightfuly place in the solar system ;)
I totally agree. For too many years small people (read: me) have been persecuted against. Now small planets are being picked on, ironically by the same nerds who would have been picked on in school (read: scientists).

The time is now to stand up and fight against this size-ism. Who is with me?!!!?!?!
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Old 25-08-2006, 03:43 PM   #20
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Old 25-08-2006, 04:15 PM   #21
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Watching the news, Astrologers say pluto has alot of power. But they are nut jobs so who cares.
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I thought Pluto was a dog created by the Disney people??????
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Old 25-08-2006, 04:20 PM   #23
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Actually I do, I think it’s all really fascinating how with the advancements of technology we are able to study
The planets and stars and confirm the theory’s of scientists from hundreds of years ago.
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Old 25-08-2006, 04:22 PM   #24
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My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

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My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!
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Old 25-08-2006, 05:20 PM   #25
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My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

Now??

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!
Did they teach you that in school?
Not fair... We had to remember the names of each one. We didn't get a fancy rhyme. :
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I really think that is unfair that you banned him for expressing a view
It was the way he expressed that view in the first place, and is more than fair.
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Wow, gone a couple of hours and look what Ive missed!!! Me, I find the subject very good, I like outerspace, Im just not sure what to think about the whole Pluto subject. I mean, its still a planet right, just not a recognised one. Why would they have named it as a planet in the first place. Now I have just confused myself. I need beer.
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So why did it get canned? Too small? Orbit of it and the moon not below the surface? Orbit around the sun too freaky? CBF naming everything else that would qualify as a planet if they didn't change the standards?
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its just a way to make more profit when they release PLUTO BARS. they'll be 30 grams instead of 50 grams. same price haha.
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