Pluto No Longer a Planet

[JDPNYY]

Pluto is the Bubba Crosby of the Solar System.

[Sam18]

Pluto is the Bubba Crosby of the Solar System.

He was a planet for what like a 100 years right? He had to do something right to stick around for so long.

[NYYRules#1]

He was a planet for what like a 100 years right? He had to do something right to stick around for so long.

Only since 1930. Nothing like Earth, who was demoted from center of the universe to center of the solar system to mere planet after spending millenia at those designations.

[#7forever]

What's all the fuss? Pluto was a Mickey Mouse planet anyway.

[DontHateOnNumber2]

I heard this on the radio. I'm almost positive that 2 months from now I'll forget about this and STILL think Pluto is a planet. I grew up being taught it, it'll be hard to forget it.

[IronCaballo4]

Pluto is the Bubba Crosby of the Solar System.

nah, it hasn't collided with any other planets yet

[buckyjacobson]

Apparently astrologers are unhappy that they weren't consulted on this decision. (seriously)

[Archer1979]

nah, it hasn't collided with any other planets yet

[SODM]

Apparently astrologers are unhappy that they weren't consulted on this decision. (seriously)

They should have seen it coming.

[JfromJersey]

Have the Martians and Venutians been consulted about this? Not to mention the Plutoniums, who after hearing this, may explode.

[Hitman23]

Have the Martians and Venutians been consulted about this? Not to mention the Plutoniums, who after hearing this, may explode.

So you call life forms from Mars and Venus Martians and Venutians, but you won't use Plutians??

Where is the logic here?

[NYYRules#1]

So you call life forms from Mars and Venus Martians and Venutians, but you won't use Plutians??

Where is the logic here?

Essentially the correct adjective is "Plutonian", since all of the planets beyond the Asteroid Belt do not use the "-tian" ending like Mars and Venus do.

Personally, I hate adjectives of proper nouns. They're all so... weird.

[Hitman23]

Essentially the correct adjective is "Plutonian", since all of the planets beyond the Asteroid Belt do not use the "-tian" ending like Mars and Venus do.

Personally, I hate adjectives of proper nouns. They're all so... weird.

Why wasn't I notified of this rule earlier. I've been offending an entire race.

[gdn]

Why wasn't I notified of this rule earlier. I've been offending an entire race.

I've been trying to tell you since yesterday. Sometimes you just have to let it go.

[Hitman23]

I've been trying to tell you since yesterday. Sometimes you just have to let it go.

Maybe if you had told me about the rule..... damn you.

[gdn]

Maybe if you had told me about the rule..... damn you.

Now apologize to the Plutonians before they assimilate you.

[Hitman23]

Now apologize to the Plutonians before they assimilate you.

I'd like to extend 1,000 apologies to the Plutonians for my actions. I meant no disrespect.

[NYYRules#1]

Why wasn't I notified of this rule earlier. I've been offending an entire race.

They've already been offended by us Earthlings. No amount of apologizing will make up for the injustices committed against them this week.

[Hitman23]

They've already been offended by us Earthlings. No amount of apologizing will make up for the injustices committed against them this week.

why are we "lings"?

[gdn]

why are we "lings"?

Because nothing else sounds as good.

Earthonians?

Earthites?

[Hitman23]

Because nothing else sounds as good.

Earthonians?

Earthites?

So now you're going with what sounds good? This logic is screwy.

[AMC]

This really sucks for Pluto. They better not mess with Uranus.

[AMC]

So now you're going with what sounds good? This logic is screwy.

That's science for you.

[gdn]

So now you're going with what sounds good? This logic is screwy.

You really want to get into etymology here?

[gdn]

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=earthling

[AMC]

You really want to get into etymology here?

The English language has too many words if you ask me (not that anyone's asking).

[Hitman23]

You really want to get into etymology here?

Then I'm sticking with Plutians because it sounds better. The other one sounds like gas for a time machine. And frankly, Plutians are too small to be able to handle 1.21 giga anything.

[gdn]

Then I'm sticking with Plutians because it sounds better. The other one sounds like gas for a time machine. And frankly, Plutians are too small to be able to handle 1.21 giga anything.

Dude, the correct term is Plutonians.

[AMC]

Dude, the correct term is Plutonians.

Maybe not for long:

http://www.boston.com/news/science/a...et_definition/

Under pressure from a growing faction of astronomers, the planet definers have been tossing around other options: plutoids, plutonids, plutonoids, plutians, or Tombaugh objects or planets in honor of Clyde Tombaugh, the American who discovered Pluto in 1930.

[Hitman23]

Dude, the correct term is Plutonians.

Plutians!

[Hitman23]

Maybe not for long:

http://www.boston.com/news/science/a...et_definition/

sweet.

[AMC]

sweet.

You guys could always arm-wrestle. Whoever wins gets to call it.

[Hitman23]

You guys could always arm-wrestle. Whoever wins gets to call it.

hmm... if I win would that be clutch?

[gdn]

Maybe not for long:

http://www.boston.com/news/science/a...et_definition/

Except that's not what it refers to:

They suggested that Pluto and the three newcomers be the first of a new class of planet dubbed "plutons."

And forget the term "pluton" -- it's already history.
Under pressure from a growing faction of astronomers, the planet definers have been tossing around other options: plutoids, plutonids, plutonoids, plutians, or Tombaugh objects or planets in honor of Clyde Tombaugh, the American who discovered Pluto in 1930.

These are being used to refer to the class of planets, not any hypothetical inhabitants of Pluto.

[4bronxbombers]

hmm... if I win would that be clutch?

clutchonian.

[AMC]

hmm... if I win would that be clutch?

Sure (if you believe in such a thing as clutch). That's a whole other debate.

[gdn]

Also, look at how inhabitants are named:

Venutians
Martians
Saturnians
Neptunians
Plutonians

Those than end in S have been converted to -tian. The rest have kept their full names.

[ppa79]

Its been nice knowing you Pluto.

[AMC]

Except that's not what it refers to:



These are being used to refer to the class of planets, not any hypothetical inhabitants of Pluto.

I know but I was just trying to butt in on the conversation. I don't know my a** from my elbow when it comes to this stuff.

[Hitman23]

clutchonian.

[gdn]

I know but I was just trying to butt in on the conversation. I don't know my a** from my elbow when it comes to this stuff.

Now just tell Steve that. Your quote has gone to his head and soon he won't know what he's talking about.

[AMC]

Also, look at how inhabitants are named:

Venutians
Martians
Saturnians
Neptunians
Plutonians

Those than end in S have been converted to -tian. The rest have kept their full names.

What's the word for inhabitants from Uranus (no, I'm not joking again).

[Hitman23]

Those than end in S have been converted to -tian. The rest have kept their full names.

you make a good point....

[gdn]

What's the word for inhabitants from Uranus (no, I'm not joking again).

I don't know. I left out the ones I didn't know - Mercury, Jupiter.

[Hitman23]

What's the word for inhabitants from Uranus (no, I'm not joking again).

Urinations. LOL!!!

[AMC]

Now just tell Steve that. Your quote has gone to his head and soon he won't know what he's talking about.

That's okay because I'm guessing many of us don't know what we're talking about (not including you).

[gdn]

Jupiterians
Mercurian
Uranusian

[AMC]

Urinations. LOL!!!

Haha. That's sounds very scientific to me.

[Hitman23]

That's okay because I'm guessing many of us don't know what we're talking about (not including you).

He's winging it...

[gdn]

The real explanation for the demotion of Pluto:

But I suppose what people want to know is how Pluto fits in this. Pluto is round, and orbits the Sun, but has not cleared out its local neighborhood. Smaller objects that orbit the Sun in nearly the same orbit will get absorbed by or ejected by the larger object. As planets form, their gravity either pulls in smaller bits of junk, causing them to impact, making the planet grow, or it slingshots the smaller object away, putting it in a very different orbit. That’s why big objects in the solar system tend not to have anything else near them (except moons).

Pluto fails this. As I understand it (the news is still sketchy from the IAU meeting) there are other objects in similar orbits as Pluto, and therefore Pluto has not cleared out its neighborhood. I’m not sure if Charon, Pluto’s moon, is included in that list of uncleared objects. Now, this is a little confusing: lots of planets have moons, so just having a moon doesn’t mean a planet has not cleared its area (since the moon is bound gravitationally by the planet). But Charon orbits Pluto far enough out that the center-of-mass of the system is outside Pluto’s surface (again, see see my earlier post about this). Ironically, with the original resolution, this made both Pluto and Charon a planet. Now, under the new rules, this may mean neither is.

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2...-not-a-planet/