Thursday, August 24, 2006

Saying goodbye to Pluto... we barely knew ya


The International Astronomical Union voted this morning to redefine the term "planet", thus demoting the Ninth planet "Pluto" to the status of a "dwar planet" - leaving our solar system with a uniform 8 planets now...

I'm a little upset about the Astronomical Union decision on this... Pluto, albeit a planet I rarely think of, was a planet I think many could relate to. It was furthest from the sun... it had a wacky orbit that made it the 8th closest planet from the sun... it was one of the sure fire answers in 6th grade when I had to pencil in the planets in order.

Anyhoo... I'm really bummed.

Neptune... know that you will never have a cartoon character named after you.

.aCr.

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