Is Pluto a planet? (Pluto discussion thread, if there isn't already one)

[kerbiloid]

Let's let the insurance companies decide, which case is a planet and which one is not. They vote with their money.

[Dunas Only Moon]

Mixed, because if pluto has moons, its a planet...

but its smaller than ganymede.....

[NFUN]

1 hour ago, Dunas Only Moon said:

Mixed, because if pluto has moons, its a planet...

but its smaller than ganymede.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_Minerva

[18Watt]

Well this is an interesting thread.  Here's my take.

The scientific community taught me for roughly 40 years of my life that there are 9 planets, and Pluto is one of them.

Then one day they decide that for the 40 years they told me Pluto was a planet, they were stone cold wrong the entire time!

Does Pluto still exist?  Yes it does.  Is it still orbiting our Sun?  Yes it is.  Do I really care what some egghead decided the definition of a planet is?  No, I do not. 

I memorized 9 planets when I was a kid, possibly before I memorized all 25 letters of the alphabet.  

Oh, you thought there were 26 letters?  Silly you!  Turns out the letter 'M' is not really a letter after all!  It's a 'letteroid-like-substance', not really a full letter at all.  Yes, we still spell words with 'M', but we no longer consider 'M' to be a full letter.  You should probably change your keyboards as soon as possible.

 

[kerbiloid]

2 hours ago, 18Watt said:

Then one day they decide that for the 40 years they told me Pluto was a planet, they were stone cold wrong the entire time!

Does Pluto still exist?  Yes it does.  Is it still orbiting our Sun?  Yes it is.  Do I really care what some egghead decided the definition of a planet is?  No, I do not. 

I memorized 9 planets when I was a kid, possibly before I memorized all 25 letters of the alphabet.  

I keep nine honest planet-men
    (They taught me all I knew); 
Their names are Mer, Ven, Ear, and Mar
    Jup, Sat, Ura, Nep, and Plu. 
(c) R. Kipling

[NFUN]

7 hours ago, 18Watt said:

Well this is an interesting thread.  Here's my take.

The scientific community taught me for roughly 40 years of my life that there are 9 planets, and Pluto is one of them.

Then one day they decide that for the 40 years they told me Pluto was a planet, they were stone cold wrong the entire time!

Does Pluto still exist?  Yes it does.  Is it still orbiting our Sun?  Yes it is.  Do I really care what some egghead decided the definition of a planet is?  No, I do not. 

I memorized 9 planets when I was a kid, possibly before I memorized all 25 letters of the alphabet.  

Oh, you thought there were 26 letters?  Silly you!  Turns out the letter 'M' is not really a letter after all!  It's a 'letteroid-like-substance', not really a full letter at all.  Yes, we still spell words with 'M', but we no longer consider 'M' to be a full letter.  You should probably change your keyboards as soon as possible.

 

there used to be 27 letters and then & stopped being one. Times change. You will die and the people of your cohort that feel the same will die and with it the acceptance that Pluto is a planet, and your proud stubbornness will be as dust in the wind

[Dunas Only Moon]

9 hours ago, NFUN said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_Minerva

are you saying that asteroids have moons? 

2 things i have to say.

1. a planet is round and maybe has moons

2. i would say pluto hangs on the thin line between being a dwarf and being a planet.

Spoiler

time to pull out your "touche" card  

 

7 hours ago, 18Watt said:

Well this is an interesting thread.  Here's my take.

The scientific community taught me for roughly 40 years of my life that there are 9 planets, and Pluto is one of them.

Then one day they decide that for the 40 years they told me Pluto was a planet, they were stone cold wrong the entire time!

Does Pluto still exist?  Yes it does.  Is it still orbiting our Sun?  Yes it is.  Do I really care what some egghead decided the definition of a planet is?  No, I do not. 

I memorized 9 planets when I was a kid, possibly before I memorized all 25 letters of the alphabet.  

Oh, you thought there were 26 letters?  Silly you!  Turns out the letter 'M' is not really a letter after all!  It's a 'letteroid-like-substance', not really a full letter at all.  Yes, we still spell words with 'M', but we no longer consider 'M' to be a full letter.  You should probably change your keyboards as soon as possible.

 

Good choice

Spoiler

also every time i see a moderator commenting with us members, i think that either someone said something bad, or the thread is being locked or something like that

 

[kerbiloid]

17 minutes ago, Dunas Only Moon said:

are you saying that asteroids have moons? 

Even the fleas have parasites.

[Dunas Only Moon]

a planet is if it is round and can absorb objects in it's S.O.I

[razark]

11 hours ago, 18Watt said:

all 25 letters of the alphabet

Þ and Ð would like to thank your for your support.

[kerbiloid]

What about wynn and yogh?

[magnemoe]

On 4/21/2023 at 5:03 AM, NFUN said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_Minerva

Lots of asteroids has moons including small ones like the targeted moon for the Dart mission. 

[NFUN]

3 hours ago, magnemoe said:

Lots of asteroids has moons including small ones like the targeted moon for the Dart mission. 

yes

[kerbiloid]

After the Dart mission even the asteroid moons have mini-moons.