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29. They prefer to be called Little Planets.

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 04:03 PM

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Pluto is a planet again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 OP

Yay! NV Whino Dec 2014 #1

H.P. Lovecraft wasn't that thrilled with it starroute Dec 2014 #21

Merry Christmas to you too!!! Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #40

Oh, blow it out Uranus! pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #2

Now thats seriously funny! My vote for post of the day..... Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #79

sorry, no it isn't - 'Pluto...recognised as of a new class of Trans-Neptunian Objects' Baclava Dec 2014 #3

Yes it is. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #31

I'm not gonna be the one to tell you Santa isn't real Baclava Dec 2014 #38

Waaaaaaaaaaa!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #42

there, there......how about a nice sugar plum Baclava Dec 2014 #46

Hic......well, ok......sniffle..... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #51

Santa isn't real? Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #76

shhhhh...He knows if you're awake Baclava Dec 2014 #105

Yes, we should call it a "little planet" not a dwarf. nt brush Dec 2014 #109

Oh, we wanted to name the planets, and now we've named them all... 1monster Dec 2014 #45

Yeah, if Pluto is a full-fledged planet, then what do we call the larger Eris? nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #93

Perhaps the definition of planet can be extended to have an "honorary" category. n/t Silent3 Dec 2014 #4

My very easy method just speeds up naming planets Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #5

"Mary's violet eyes make Jack stay up nights perhaps." CTyankee Dec 2014 #7

My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines ThoughtCriminal Dec 2014 #10

My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas tabasco Dec 2014 #89

Mother Very Easily Made A Jam Sandwich Using No Peanuts, Mayonnaise or Glue Fozzledick Dec 2014 #100

That's good! Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #112

My dog has fleas Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #14

"perhaps not." n/t eggplant Dec 2014 #17

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles. n/t ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #53

That's the one I learned. nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2014 #113

I learned this in fifth grade: LiberalElite Dec 2014 #56

My subject line was a mnemonic and nobody picked up on it Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #62

Too cleverly disguised LiberalElite Dec 2014 #69

drats, you are correct..I missed it too. Very clever of you. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #71

I'm holding out for a fruitcake Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #73

Uhh, no hugo_from_TN Dec 2014 #6

DWARFS ARE PLANETS TOO DAMMIT!!! JaneyVee Dec 2014 #11

Of course I read it...... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #34

A dwarf planet is not a planet Reter Dec 2014 #85

not really, it just doesn't, measure up.. snooper2 Dec 2014 #8

Seems appropriate. hifiguy Dec 2014 #9

Apropos of nothing... Je me souviens Dec 2014 #28

"Number 9, number 9..." nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #95

FNORD!! hifiguy Dec 2014 #97

Yay, Pluto! KansDem Dec 2014 #12

Oh thank god, you get it.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #35

Back in my day we had 9 planets! GummyBearz Dec 2014 #13

We're ancient pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #16

Yeah....and watch out for this planet erasing guy.....he is too clever by half. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #54

You mean to tell me . . . Brigid Dec 2014 #57

Actually, yes.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #58

Hee hee. Brigid Dec 2014 #94

GummyBearz Diclotican Dec 2014 #55

That's Mister Pluto to you! Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #15

Like Porky Pig, Pluto is rogerashton Dec 2014 #18

Well played..... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #36

Pluto will always be a planet in my eyes. baldguy Dec 2014 #19

HTH.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #33

LOL!!!!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #37

NO HE IS NOT! He's a character in Animal House! ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2014 #20

I thought that was Bluto? csziggy Dec 2014 #64

Same size AND shape. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2014 #74

That's Senator Blutarsky! Kennah Dec 2014 #107

Not yet, if in our lifetimes or ever Android3.14 Dec 2014 #22

I hate to dampen the celebration but... jimlup Dec 2014 #23

Some of us never stopped believing in you, Pluto. n/t. jtuck004 Dec 2014 #24

They are forming a POG right now ...Plutocratic Oligarch Group. L0oniX Dec 2014 #115

I don't care if it just puts out hot air, I'm gonna defend it to the end. jtuck004 Dec 2014 #122

Ruh Roh... WillyT Dec 2014 #25

I'm sorry, calling Pluto a major planet is just stupid. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #26

Who calls it a major planet????? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #39

It is the very model of a modern major plantetoid! Kennah Dec 2014 #106

I see what you did there.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #108

Does size matter or does size not matter? chknltl Dec 2014 #27

It's less the size and more about orbit clearing AND the fact that if we call MillennialDem Dec 2014 #61

They prefer to be called Little Planets. bluesbassman Dec 2014 #29

I think they should be called Petite Planets - it's more alliterative csziggy Dec 2014 #68

Much better than the phrase they came up with: plutoid. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #72

Not to mention it's Pluto centric view of the universe Kennah Dec 2014 #104

He'll always be a dog to me. nt valerief Dec 2014 #30

There are LOTS of dwarf planets in the solar system... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #32

I think it should have never been changed being that it was such a big part of astronomical history. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #41

What a wonderfull holiday gift! Hubert Flottz Dec 2014 #43

Merry Christmas! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #44

There is a Zen parable for that eridani Dec 2014 #49

Schr�dinger's planet, then. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #52

a rocky body formed wih this solar system wouldnt be out past the gas giants belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #47

This was argued here a while back. Igel Dec 2014 #48

Oh yeah! Well the scientists said I was wrong about the tomato rock Dec 2014 #50

For many of us it never changed. Finally, the rest of you guys are catching up! Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #59

Why don't we call all of these (and 10,000 others) planets? MillennialDem Dec 2014 #66

You know...maybe we should. Xolodno Dec 2014 #70

Because thats not what my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. McBride, said in 1966.... Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #78

I had 6th grade in 1992 and MVEMJSUNP was drilled into my head too - but you really MillennialDem Dec 2014 #80

Misleading Headline Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #60

It's not a planet unless Ceres, Eris, and Sedna are also planets. MillennialDem Dec 2014 #63

so what about Goofy ? olddots Dec 2014 #65

The IAU opinion is all that matters. longship Dec 2014 #67

Why is this so important to people? Maedhros Dec 2014 #75

We want you to vote Plutocratic anyway. L0oniX Dec 2014 #116

Pluto was voted out MFM008 Dec 2014 #77

It never stopped being a Planet for me.. glad they're catching up. :) Cha Dec 2014 #81

I've always been struck by how worked up people get over this (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #82

I hate neat little boxes..... paleotn Dec 2014 #83

For Astrologers... sendero Dec 2014 #84

I liked when a few of them tried suing the IAU or NASA(?!) over the redefinition.. Posteritatis Dec 2014 #92

I thought Pluto was a dog in Walt Disney cartoons. B Calm Dec 2014 #86

Pluto is a breath mint! First Speaker Dec 2014 #87

I met Dr. Tombaugh at New Mexico State University tabasco Dec 2014 #88

Those first discoverer's get all the headlines dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #90

Sorry, but fuck you, Pluto. You're not big enough to be a planet. Bucky Dec 2014 #91

Stop picking on him! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #101

New Horizons will tell us a lot in July. roamer65 Dec 2014 #96

This was in my understanding the status quo. The "demotion" was to this type of object from planet. TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #98

Poor Pluto, they always pick on him shenmue Dec 2014 #99

Couldn't Goofy be a planet too? LiberalEsto Dec 2014 #102

Number 9� number 9�. number 9� number 9�. MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #103

Exactly!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #110

And, to you, too, dixiegrrrrl! MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #120

It was never a planet by any self-consistent and meaningful standard. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #111

I hear they have a Plutocracy form of government there ...just like we do. L0oniX Dec 2014 #114

I'm so happy! ladyVet Dec 2014 #117

Can't afford a planet of your own? Hubert Flottz Dec 2014 #118

Scorpios get half of their glory back! Quantess Dec 2014 #119

Exactly!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #121