Pluto no longer a planet
Our solar system has been downsized today from nine planets to eight. The Associated Press writes: “Leading astronomers declared Thursday [August 24, 2006] that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930 [by American scientist Clyde Tombaugh].”
[via Kottke]
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Wow, the deceitfulness of Pluto must have been pretty bad for the IAU to take such severe action! I have never seen anything like this. It must have repeatedly failed a drug test and tried to cover it up by passing the blame on to Neptune or something like that.
Huzzah .. it is nothing more than a glorified Kuiper Belt object.
Pretty funny that we have a probe going there as we speak, though.
Hello! Just out blog surfing. Cool blog!
What about the textbooks?
What about the mute yellow Disney dog?
What about the children?