Ever heard of a "Plutoid" ???

[YetAnotherOne]

Pluto, who had been down-graded from "planet" to "dwarf planet" two years ago, has got a new status: Plutoid

Y'know, they prefer to be called "little planets".

[MartinBarre]

I still think downgrading Pluto from a planet - after all these years, and based solely on size - is still the absolute dumbest thing mankind could ever perpetrate.

What? You think any old piece of rock should be classed as a planet? Pluto is tiny. Might as well call our moon a planet.

[Joe_Steeler]

I prefer to call it a size challenged planet.

For chrisakes people let's not offend the Plutonians! fuck!
When are you all going to learn some galactic policies and manners. Bunch of solar system hicks.....

[YetAnotherOne]

I prefer to call it a size challenged planet.

For chrisakes people let's not offend the Plutonians! fuck!
When are you all going to learn some galactic policies and manners. Bunch of solar system hicks.....

Earthlings, ya just can't take 'em anywhere.

[Joe_Steeler]

I know.... these guys just embarrased the hell out of me in front of ET's family.

[toejam]

Y'know, they prefer to be called "little planets".

I prefer "migiplanet".

[SEEGERMANY]

"this whole nonsense is "fucking Goofy" if ya ask me"

[lerxstcat]

First, only 5% of the astronomers on the planet voted for the new designation. If the rest ignore it, they'll probably change it again soon. Second, they are basically tossing Pluto a bone by naming the whole size class after it. That's cool, why not just call it a "p-Class" planet? In the way that on Star Trek they call Earthlike worlds "M-Class" - planets?

Instead of deciding whether these bodies are planets, why not simplify by considering them planets but have various classifications, such that you know if it's an Earthlike planet, a barren rocky planet, a gas giant, etc....?

[SEEGERMANY]

"Second, they are basically tossing Pluto a bone"

Nice!

[GTarman68]

I love all of these outer space news today...
any word on UrAnus?

Heard it got hit w/ Assteroids..

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

I think I had a plutoid come out of my anus earlier today. There was some kind of small planet floating in the toilet bowl.

you may want to check for any Klingons hanging around uranus

[SEEGERMANY]

Due to the poisonous gases that exist, Man can not survive anywhere near URANUS.

[Tekky]

Due to the poisonous gases that exist, Man can not survive anywhere near URANUS.

If I'm not mistaken that's what makes it uninhabitable.

[Newc]

What? You think any old piece of rock should be classed as a planet? Pluto is tiny. Might as well call our moon a planet.

Since our moon orbits the Earth, and not the Sun directly, it's a moon. Pluto orbited the Sun, not another planet. Thus, it is a planet.