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Mon Aug-28-06 11:41 AM
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Poll question: What could Pluto have done differently to keep planet status? |
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This week, the International Astronomical Union, the group responisble for naming astronomical objects, has ruled that Pluto is not a planet, reducing the number in the Solar system from nine to eight. This was caused by Pluto's low mass, eccentric orbit and the discovery of other small, icy objects of similar size.
In lobbying for planet status, what could Pluto have done differently.
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:14 PM
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:16 PM
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2. When Pluto got kicked out, it should have kicked back! |
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:25 PM
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3. They send one of ours to the hospital, ... |
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we send two of theirs to the frozen lake of tormented souls. That's the outer planets way!
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:30 PM
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:28 PM
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4. scientists have been warning Pluto about it's nonconformist orbit |
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for years.
Pluto has no one but itself to blame.
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:30 PM
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:31 PM
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7. Swept up its goddam orbit. |
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Edited on Mon Aug-28-06 12:33 PM by Richardo
It's nobody's fault but Pluto's. :grr:
...a large contingent of astronomers, led by Julio Fernandez of the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay, has argued that a planet must also be massive enough to clear other objects out of its orbital zone. Dr. Gingerich admitted, “They are in control of things.”
So the newest resolution includes the requirement for orbital dominance as a condition for full-fledged planethood, Dr. Gingerich said. That knocks out Pluto, which crosses the orbit of Neptune, and Xena, which orbits among the icy wrecks of the Kuiper Belt, and Ceres, which is in the asteroid belt.
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:54 PM
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9. Orbital dominance is astronomer smut talk. |
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:43 PM
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15. So Pluto is too much a 'sub' to be a planet? |
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A 'lipstick' object, so to speak?
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Mon Aug-28-06 12:47 PM
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8. I am shocked by the orbitphobic talk on this thread. |
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Edited on Mon Aug-28-06 12:47 PM by Deep13
Pluto has every right to have an eccentric orbit. That's how it formed and there is nothing evil or unnatural about it. We should just accept Pluto, eccentric orbit and all, and not be judgmental about it.
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:06 PM
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:09 PM
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11. oh yeah. that's mature. Friggin' eccentric orbit apologist! Just wait |
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until I do my little stick-figure + stick-figure = stick-figure anti-eccentric-orbit bumper sticker... then you'll see
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:29 PM
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12. The conservatives don't care about your circular-orbit values. |
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They are just using you so they can win elections. They do not care about traditional, Copernican values. They only care about serving the interests of the gas giants at the expense of all those on small planets. I wish you folks would wake up!
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:32 PM
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13. i'm not lisTENING DYA-dah-bya-NYAH-Nyum! |
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:36 PM
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14. They've done nothing in the war on asteroid collisions too. |
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Edited on Mon Aug-28-06 01:41 PM by Deep13
Don't even get me started on their record on gamma ray bursts! And why did we invade the black hole at the center of the galaxy. We didn't even give the inspectors time to do their jobs. Now we are in the black hole and can't get out!
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:33 PM
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Mon Aug-28-06 01:50 PM
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16. Been a little more upfront about his feelings toward the Sun, |
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instead of being so passive-aggressive!
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Mon Aug-28-06 02:15 PM
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17. Nobody could have predicted that Pluto would refuse to conform |
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to the IAU's guidelines for planetary characteristics. Pluto is a traitor to the solar system and everything it stands for. If you sympathize with Pluto's demotion, you are just helping the Plutonians. Mistakes were made in designating Pluto as a planet in the first place. The IAU will stay the course on this demotion, and will not cut-and-run like the defeatist "Pluto is a planet" crazy moonbats. The IAU is doing a heckuva job, and will help the remaining eight planets move together forward in a bright, progressive future for all of us. These complaints about reclassifying Pluto are simply the birth pangs of a new planetary system. We firmly believe that Pluto is being ungrateful that we liberated it from its planetary status. But lovers of freedom and liberty will prevail.
Oh, by the way....... :sarcasm:
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:29 PM
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18. Maybe not be such a Mickey Mouse planet? |
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:34 PM
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20. It all goes back to Pluto's kindergarten class |
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The communist hippie secular humanists on the school board insisted that the young planets be brought up without proper astronomical orientation roles, and the young Pluto, as a result, liked to dress up as a moon, which permanently damaged his planetary orientation.
If only they didn't have universal bathrooms ..... :evilfrown:
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:38 PM
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21. If Pluto had been a slut and done whatever the astronomers asked, |
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MAYBE Pluto would still have real planet status. :rofl: Instead, Pluto took the high road and look where it ended up---DWARF planet status. So much for standing up for your principles.... :P
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:41 PM
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23. Pluto is not just another piece of interstellar ass |
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Edited on Mon Aug-28-06 03:42 PM by MrCoffee
Unlike Uranus.
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:42 PM
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:rofl: :spray:
Are you sure about that? :P
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:44 PM
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25. Positive. Just look at the inner planets |
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Venus is a smoldering hussy, Mars is all cocky...Pluto is frigid.
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:45 PM
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26. Jupiter's the FReeper Asshole of the solar system, then... |
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Acts all big and stuff, but mostly a bunch of gas.... :P
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:54 PM
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27. Just like Rush Limbaugh! |
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:55 PM
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28. OK, Jupiter's the Rush Limbaugh of the solar system... |
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Mon Aug-28-06 03:39 PM
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22. It should stop hating America |
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and start supporting our troops! Traitor!
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Mon Aug-28-06 04:48 PM
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29. Blame Clinton for its problems |
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It always works for other dim, small outer darkness entities.
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Mon Aug-28-06 08:13 PM
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30. Cozy up close to Uranus |
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Mon Aug-28-06 08:14 PM
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31. Donated heavily to the GOP |
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After all, it is run by filthy rich Plutocrats, is it not? :P
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Mon Aug-28-06 08:16 PM
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32. Move in to an orbit closer to the Sun. At such as distance, they were blue |
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with cold, and the Bush administration got pissed off at their unabashed blueness.
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Mon Aug-28-06 08:52 PM
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33. No oil - out of luck. |
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Mon Aug-28-06 08:53 PM
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34. Kicked the crap out of Mercury n/t |
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Wed Aug-30-06 02:58 PM
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35. Submit bid to host winter Olympics. nt |
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