Either we now have to learn like 21 planets in elementary school (hard) or Pluto gets a technical demotion (easy).
Pluto is still a planet in all our hearts, this is just humanities constant march of trying to become more and more accurate and precise with time
More recently, the campaign has taken on a populist tinge, with Trump’s Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, telling a congressional committee in April that he was in favour of a rethink. “I am very much in the camp of Make Pluto a Planet Again,” he said.
I think this says all that needs to be said about it.
if you wanna call Pluto a a planet, do it. The IAU is not going to arrest you or something.
no. I really wish non scientists would stay out of details like what is actual medicine or classification of astronimical objects.
The argument that Pluto would be a planet if it were in a different orbital track is pretty disingenuous, because in a different orbital track it might also be a moon of Jupiter or just flung out into interstellar space.
This kind of thing just fuels the anti-science conservative agenda. Knock it off.
Oh, plutodrama is still going on. What is the current definition of planet?
Pluto in a tiny squeaky voice: "yes"
Pluto is only 68% of the size of the Earth's moon. It is only about 2.5 times larger than Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system.
A large part of science is refining your understanding as contradictory evidence is found. I used to think Pluto should be a planet, and even met Clyde Tombaugh once, but I have absolutely no concerns about Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet. It is just a label and our understanding evolves.
Trump is literally just doing sitcom bits now
Everyone forgets Pallas.
More recently, the campaign has taken on a populist tinge, with Trump’s Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, telling a congressional committee in April that he was in favour of a rethink. “I am very much in the camp of Make Pluto a Planet Again,” he said.
Pretty sure there's an Aesop Rock song about this...
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