I want to go back and demand a refund from all my science teachers for spending the extra money for the "smallest" foam ball (which usually cost the most) used to make pluto in the solar system diorama!
Spar-kelly
· 3 years ago
I completely agree! This is preposterous!!! Someone better come up with a new mnemonic device to remember the all planets in order...
Heather Fassel
· 3 years ago
Pluto rocks!
Jen Halko
· 3 years ago
I totally agree that Pluto should still be a planet. Just because these guys think they can go and "redefine" the rules of being a planet, doesn't mean that they should just go demoting planets. For how many years, I believe around 70 or more, that Pluto has been a planet and science teachers around the world, including myself, have taught the Solar System, they decide now would be a good time to say "No more to Pluto." I also must mention that the founder of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, is from my hometown of Streator, IL, so this is also why I must speak up and say that Pluto IS a Planet. It should at least be "grandfathered" in after all these years!
Jessica Morrison
· 3 years ago
ck.....pluto sucks. It never should have been a planet. My dog craps bigger than pluto. Pluto is lucky i even know its name. Pluto had a good run- there is a disney character named after it. give it up
Will
· 3 years ago
Pluto is a planet, dammit!
It even has enough mass to have 3 orbiting bodies called Charon, Nix and Hydra.
Only 4% of all Astro-pinheads took part in that vote, anyhow. -The ones left at the end of the conference.
I'd like Pluto reinstated as well, just because the guy who discovered it was actually from Streator, IL, which is about 20 or 30 miles from where I live. And while Streator may suck, this little tid bit draws some nice attention to the Illinois Valley. And also, doesn't it take away a little from Mickey's dog Pluto? Having your dog named after a demoted planet isn't that cool.
Xander Burgess
· 3 years ago
In today's inclusive society where we are encouraged to accept people from other countries, how can we put up new barriers to limit the size of our solar system. How would we feel if the people on Mars were to decide that Earth for some reason was no longer eligible for participation - indeed, how do we know they have not already done so! For 76 years, Pluto has been a welcomed and accepted part of astronomy and now it is thrown out in a manner not too dissimilar to schoolyard bullies. The International Astronomical Union should hang their heads in shame - elitest, sizeist, bullies! Bring back Pluto!!
moay
· 3 years ago
Alright. Seriously. Would having pluto reinstated as a planet change your life? Would it affect your way of living? Would it make you feel good? Personally, no offence, but this seems like a giant waste of time. There are better things you guys could be doing than signing a petition to get a lump of ice the title of "planet", Very well knowing it will get no-where. Sex is good.
Laurel Kornfeld
· 3 years ago
I strongly object to the demotion of Pluto by a small group of scientists voting based on very narrow criteria. There is no way I will accept this decision. If children I know are taught in school that there are eight planets in our solar system, I will correct this misinformation and teach them that there are nine (at least). This is revisionist history that would make George Orwell proud. Pluto orbits the sun and has three moons. The requirement that its orbit be on the same plane as Earth's is just one more example of human arrogance. In the long run, I believe this decision will be overturned. In the meantime, please count me in as an advocate who will do whatever I can to restore Pluto's rightful place in our solar system.
L.B.
· 3 years ago
As I child I never believed Pluto was a planet because my dad told me it was incredibly small, so far removed from the Sun that it was coated in ice, and that its orbit was tied to Neptune.
I still don't think it should be considered a planet. It isn't gaseous like the Outer planets, it doesn't host life or have a chance in hell to do so; it isn't so close to the sun so that it's burning hot, it doesn't have rings around it or huge storms that last over 300 years...
Do you hear someone singing...?
"One of these things is NOT like the others"
That's right. And guess what? There are other Solar System Bodies that are Pluto's size! Should we count them as planets? I don't think so. Do they do anything that our 8 planets do? No. There are plenty of things that are attracted to the Sun's gravitational pull, floating space-rocks included. Doesn't mean they're planets.
And if you taught a child inaccurate information, wouldn't you want to correct yourself? Aren't you glad that we don't treat people with leeches anymore, or teach that Egypt was the first civilization when in fact Mesopotamia came first?
Pluto is a anti-social dwarf with a heart of ice. It doesn't care if it gets demoted to solar system body. And neither should you.
*paula
· 3 years ago
obviously, moay takes a special interest in this topic or he wouldn't have wasted his 'precious' time posting a comment. just thought I would point that out. moay sucks in my book.
Laura
· 3 years ago
i learned about pluto for nothing!!!!!! screw that! now we have to make a new nmonic for it!
Antibush
· 2 years ago
Watch subject. Bush goes ballistic about other countries being evil and dangerous, because they have weapons of mass destruction. But, he insists on building up even a more deadly supply of nuclear arms right here in the US. What do you think? Is killing thousands of innocent civilians okay when you are doing a little government makeover? What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings? We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
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It even has enough mass to have 3 orbiting bodies called Charon, Nix and Hydra.
Only 4% of all Astro-pinheads took part in that vote, anyhow. -The ones left at the end of the conference.
Read the BBC Article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/52839...
I still don't think it should be considered a planet. It isn't gaseous like the Outer planets, it doesn't host life or have a chance in hell to do so; it isn't so close to the sun so that it's burning hot, it doesn't have rings around it or huge storms that last over 300 years...
Do you hear someone singing...?
"One of these things is NOT like the others"
That's right. And guess what? There are other Solar System Bodies that are Pluto's size! Should we count them as planets? I don't think so. Do they do anything that our 8 planets do? No. There are plenty of things that are attracted to the Sun's gravitational pull, floating space-rocks included. Doesn't mean they're planets.
And if you taught a child inaccurate information, wouldn't you want to correct yourself? Aren't you glad that we don't treat people with leeches anymore, or teach that Egypt was the first civilization when in fact Mesopotamia came first?
Pluto is a anti-social dwarf with a heart of ice. It doesn't care if it gets demoted to solar system body. And neither should you.
screw that! now we have to make a new nmonic for it!
What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings?
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
Very interesting information! Thanks!
G'night
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