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"PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- 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."
No word yet on how Pluto feels about this.
Pluto is my favorite planet.
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Poor Pluto
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Poor Pluto is going to be airbrushed away............how sad.
Merry f'ing Christmas
Bummer and I was going to go to the Club Med there.
No Rally Monkeys, Towels or hankies
Just 50,000 fans of the New York Yankees.
Oddly, last week, they floated a plan that would have increased the number of planets to 12. I guess Ceres, Charon, Pluto and Xena will now have to be satisfied with being "dwarf planets".
The only reason Pluto isn't a planet is because it's orbit intersects Neptune's... oh well.
I think Pluto should sue.
This crap wouldn't be happening if he could talk like Goofy!
I blame the government.
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Merry f'ing Christmas
If David Ortiz was a member of the International Astronomers Union, Pluto would still be a planet and it would be the clutchest one ever.
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Do you think we can claim Pluto off waivers?
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If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would have never happened.
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If Ortiz was truly clutch....he would reverse this decision and keep Pluto a planet.
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July 1 (182 at-bats):
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If they want to change the definition of what a "planet" is, then great - but Pluto should have been "grandfathered" in. I mean, it's been a planet since 1930!
What are they gonna do next - tell us SPAM isn't meat?
Waiting for Sterling to retire so I can start listening to games on the radio again...
Ceres was actually a planet and then demoted in the 1800s.
Who would want to? Pluto's ERA is astronomical.
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Pluto had a good run.
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Postseason OPS: .977
Poor, poor Pluto.
Merry f'ing Christmas
Nice!Who would want to? Pluto's ERA is astronomical.
I heard his fastball is out of this world though.
Good, I bet Dr. Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium is happy today.
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you're all anti-plut-ites! It won't be long before the PC police will be on your ass fighting for Plutian rights.
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"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
Plutonian. Now they're pissed at you too.
and he's even a better hitter....I saw him put a few into orbit
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
Another Bush miscue. But wait, this was first put on the agenda during the Clinton administration, so it's his fault.
Andy
Yogi is a National Treasure. Let's put him in a National Hall of Fame. The man has no peers.
Pluto's oblique shaped orbit definitely played a role in this decision, but if that was the case Neptune wouldn't be a planet either for the same reason.
I agree with the decision to demote Pluto.
If it were just discovered today it wouldn't be considered a planet.
I disagree with it in a nostalgic sense, but from a scientific perspective, I agree with the decision.
There are going to be so many more "dwarf planets" discovered in the future, that it's best to distinguish between them and classical planets.
Darn, I'll miss him at Disney World.
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Only in the southern hemisphere.
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"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
Huh??
Poor little Pluto!! Seriously, I agree with this decision. Jupiter? Now THAT'S a planet!
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There's no doubt in my mind that this is the right decision. The decision to make it a planet was based on things thought to be true in the 1930s but since proven false (the existance of the Kuiper belt was not yet known, and Pluto was thought to be much larger than it actually is). Not to mention the fact that they thought it was Planet X - the planet distorting Neptune's orbit - until Einstein proved there was no Planet X like astronomers thought there was (plus, the size of Neptune was not yet fully known at the time).
But still, rumor has it that the Plutonians are plotting to attack Earth. So much for the War on Terror, it seems it is time for the War on Pluto!
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Plutians god damnit.
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"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster... today, I'm just a sea monster."
I'm the only planet that exists in my solar system....
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War with Pluto would really help bring the people of earth together.
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Nah, dude, it's Plutonians.
Why, is there oil there?
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Might as well send some Marines up there to find out. There not even a planet, what are they going to do?
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I guess downsizing is hitting everywhere...did they send the planetary job to India?!?
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Seriously. How come one Disney dog can talk and have human characteristics, like Disney mice and ducks, but the other dog is just a pet for a mouse? I think it's because they're racist against yellow dogs.This crap wouldn't be happening if he could talk like Goofy!
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too bad...
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One less styrofoam ball for all those solar system science projects of the future.
there's gonna be a big sale on those solar system mobiles tomorrow
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
We better send Dr. Phil immediately. Pluto is going to lose all of it's self-esteem.
....
BS. Pluto will always be a planet in my heart.
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while you're at it, send him WITHOUT a helmet
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
Doesn't Neptune's orbit intersect Pluto? So why is Pluto the non-planet? Free Pluto!!
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I get them mixed up.
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Why all the love for Pluto? It's just a floating rock.
Just because Pluto has now been classified as a dwarf planet doesnt mean it's not a planet. Are dwarves no longer human beings? I dont think it's fair to diminish Pluto either.
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