The Pluto Formerly Known as “Planet”
And you can quote me: "Everyone has heard the news today that Pluto is no longer a planet. However, that's actually not true. The truth is that they have changed the definition of "what is a planet." In other words, it's not that the perception of Pluto has changed; it's that the perception of the scientific community of what constitutes a planet has changed. And this was codified today by a vote of the International Astronomical Union."
Posted in Observations, August 24th, 2006
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Everyone has heard the news today that Pluto is no longer a planet. However, that’s actually not true. The truth is that they have changed the definition of “what is a planet.” In other words, it’s not that the perception of Pluto has changed; it’s that the perception of the scientific community of what constitutes a planet has changed. And this was codified today by a vote of the International Astronomical Union.
According to reports, the new definition of “planet” adopted this week by the International Astronomical Union states that a planet “has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.”
So Pluto is not a planet. But my neighbor is.
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who came up with this definition of planet, the same brainiacs who came up with Bill Clintoon’s definition of sex?
i mean WTF is WRONG with this planet???
yah, i know….DUBYA.
Comment by jimi — August 24, 2006 @ 4:53 pm
Poor Pluto!!!
Comment by Jess — August 24, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
this really agervates me. i mean, its been a planet for about 50 years and know its not? its just like saing that a 50 year old man is classifed as a man any more!!!
Comment by Greg — September 15, 2006 @ 6:53 am