is anyone else sad for the little guy? first they tell him hes not a planet after all but then they even take away his name, to be replaced by just mere numbers. Poor pluto http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060911_pluto_asteroidnumber.html Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Oh no, now planets have feelings, too.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
You know, we are by no means bound by their definition of "planet." Just because they've decided to change the name doesn't mean its name has changed.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Now that's just stupid. I agreed with changing it's status as a planet, but I can't believe this. There is nothing wrong with it having a name. And did I read wrong, or did they call Pluto an asteroid? I'm pretty sure it doesn't count as one.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I'm gonna go ahead and still call that hunk of rock out there past Neptune Pluto. I'm also gonna consider it a planet. Hey, I'm already wrong about a lot of things, I have no problems with this being one of them.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
vonk, if Hatrack had .sigs your last sentence would now be mine.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I don't think this number means that Pluto has to be called 134340, at all. I think that, like many objects in this world such as groceries and university students, things in the astronomical world that aren't blatently large require numbers.
I have lots of numbers attached to me, and I still use my good ol' fashioned name. I think it's just a cateloguing thing that Pluto, because of its new designation, now requires to fall in line with the other numbered things in the solar system, including Eris and Ceres.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
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