You mean to tell me it hasn't even been a year (on Pluto) since we discovered Pluto?!
65 0 ReplyIt was discovered, made a planet, and then kicked out the club in that time.
66 0 ReplyIf you think 2020 was bad, wait until you hear about Pluto's year... the American civil war, ww1, ww2, the great depression, the moon landing... the American civil war...
65 1 ReplyIt's been a really rough year for Pluto. Let's all wish it good luck next year (when humans are probably dead).
4 0 ReplyIf you think 2020 was bad, wait until you hear about Pluto's year... the American civil war, ww1, ww2, the great depression, the moon landing... the American civil war...
2 0 ReplyThe original Scaramucci
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Alright, setting a reminder
58 0 ReplySince it is discovery
32 0 ReplyLazy fake planet
27 2 ReplyIt was the runt of the litter and didn't survive full planet hood.
2 0 ReplyHave you considered that angering the god of the Underworld like this is why we're in our current mess?
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!remind_me 1868 months
21 0 ReplyFine I'll look it up. Discovered 1930, so that makes a Pluto year 248 Earth years.
21 0 ReplyMarked on my calendar, see you all there!
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18 0 ReplyHow can we even know it's a planet when we haven't observed a single orbit, yet?
Maybe it's just a really big comet.19 1 ReplyWe've observed enough of its orbit to know what shape it is.
20 0 ReplyHow can you be so sure it doesn't just decide to leave
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It's not really big. There are multiple Pluto like planetoids. Also there is a hunk of rock in the asteroid belt youcould name a planet.
3 0 ReplyCeres is more than a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. It's at least an order of magnitude bigger than anything else in its orbit. It's hardly a hunk of rock
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By measuring how fast it's moving and where it is you can find the orbit
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Will it or won't it be a planet by then?
9 0 ReplyWe will call it a planet if we plan it.
16 0 ReplySo please don't tell me to can it
I've got one thing to say and that's
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depends on how you define "planet".
6 0 ReplyDwarf planet is a planet!
IAU names aren't the best, "planet" should be major planet.
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Second thing I noticed: Ooh, is that so? That's interesting.
First thing: its not it's
9 0 ReplyPluto Party Time!
How much longer? I"ve got my costume ready and everything...7 0 ReplyHopefully the AI Contruct that we will create will be able to witness it.
Because I don't think humans are surviving that long.
6 0 ReplyIf humans start digging now some of them might make it in sealed self-contained bunkers.
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I might end up missing that, too‽ Goddammit!
3 0 ReplyTemporary planet designation for its birthday!!!! Time for Christmas spirit, y'all!
On that note, Santa and all his elves will have drowned from North pole melting long before then.
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