Pluto gets the boot

[AJ]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html

My thoughts..... Who gives a fuck.

[Goat Blower]

Many very early men just sat upon new ......

Doh.

[Kracka]

In other news, the "day after pill" was just approved by the FDA for over-the-counter dispensing!!! WOO-HOO! I'm going to stock up ;)

[scheides]

Sweet, the invention of Dwarf planets! I can't wait for Midget planets to come out :)

[AJ]

In other news, the "day after pill" was just approved by the FDA for over-the-counter dispensing!!! WOO-HOO! I'm going to stock up ;)


I saw that to, I see a very good stock opportunity there!

[95talonracer]

So the astronomers got paid all of thaat money to include pluto in the day and now get paid all that money to disclude it.

[FattyBoomBatty]

what money? Those nerds do it for free!

[Matt D.]

Most astronomers are freelancers. Very few paid scientists actually discover anything.

For what it's worth Pluto has been referred to as a planet for 76 years since its discovery in 1930, so it will be a bit hard to swallow for some people. Though it's hardly bigger than a large asteroid, it does have three known satellites, or moons.

Personally, I still see it as a regular planet. UB313, which is beyond Pluto but still orbits the Sun, is larger than Pluto yet is now classified as a dwarf planet... This shit just doesn't make any sense to me. UB313 has a moon as well.

[Goat Blower]

I was kinda surprised at the reasoning being that it's orbit crosses the orbit of Neptune, but hey, that's why 200 nerds sat around and fought over it for a while, so we wouldn't have to. :p

[FattyBoomBatty]

Well, whatever they decide, I'll stand by it. I love things having to do with space. Which is why I am planning on building a spaceship. I don't know when... but I will.