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Orrex

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31. Other moons don't count.

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:29 AM

Jul 2015

That eliminates Luna, Callisto, Io, Europa and Ganymede (and Titan as well, though it wasn't on the list).

That means that of all the known objects in the solar system, Pluto is among the largest whose primary orbit is around the sun rather than the host planet.

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Movement to restore PLUTO's planetary status: Time to start one. [View all] Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP

. Wilms Jul 2015 #1

Good one! What would Walt do? He'd buy Pluto! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #9

It can look very planety, especially if the artist wants it to muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #2

Who knew? Google came up with the 1st pic for 'Pluto'. Hard to tell them apart at that distance! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #5

Pluto is a Kuiper Belt Object muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #10

So, they may correctly be referred to as 'second league' or 'pee-wee' planets? Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #12

Pluto is a Kuiper Belt Object AlbertCat Jul 2015 #36

"It looks like a planet" isn't a reason tkmorris Jul 2015 #3

Existential question... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #6

. GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #4

Saw that before! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #7

Is 36,373 mph "real slow?" AlbertCat Jul 2015 #37

Cute! I never dumped Pluto.. did not agree it wasn't one of the Planets in our Solar System. Cha Jul 2015 #40

I don't know, it looks a little scary gollygee Jul 2015 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Jul 2015 #11

The Spock Test Bad Thoughts Jul 2015 #13

That's the issue. It is definitely not "out there all alone" longship Jul 2015 #14

Third choice--classes of planets: Terrestrial, Gaseous, Icy. eom. Bad Thoughts Jul 2015 #15

Well, that's true. And we already do that. longship Jul 2015 #17

The choice to demote Pluto had more to do with having a Pantheon Bad Thoughts Jul 2015 #18

Your second claim seems dubious. longship Jul 2015 #22

New Horizons funded when Pluto was a planet Bad Thoughts Jul 2015 #23

All planetary science funding (which includes KBOs and dwarf planets) is tough. longship Jul 2015 #25

Fair enough. eom. Bad Thoughts Jul 2015 #26

Not literally 'all alone', but imagine how lonely it must feel, having been Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #19

I have to admit I'm on team Neil DeGrasse tyson gollygee Jul 2015 #20

There we have it. backscatter712 Jul 2015 #35

There's already a petition for this on change.org... Princess Turandot Jul 2015 #16

Dr. Stern sounds like a man after my own heart! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #21

If Science were rooted in the number of people who signed a petition, Volaris Jul 2015 #30

I'm on Team Stern, too! mahalo PT Cha Jul 2015 #41

Suck it, Neal Degrasse Tyson. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #24

You think THAT's a planet? DetlefK Jul 2015 #27

Forever relegated to the second league? What a come down for a once Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #28

Other moons don't count. Orrex Jul 2015 #31

And Ceres! Make Ceres a planet too! nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #29

Ceres is our largest beautiful asteroid! Cha Jul 2015 #42

How about we let the scientists figure it out? HuckleB Jul 2015 #32

I guess some folks don't like scientists figuring shit out. longship Jul 2015 #38

Not a planet. Sorry... Not a planet. Glassunion Jul 2015 #33

this movement is kinda Goofy olddots Jul 2015 #34

Plutoids -- look it up. LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #39

Pro Pluto here.. raises hand. Cha Jul 2015 #43

I agree madokie Jul 2015 #44

Hey there, good buddy. Pluto's had a bum rap for too long! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #46

Thank you, madokie Jul 2015 #47

Now is the time to revisit our plan to bomb the moon. Orrex Jul 2015 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author FreedomRain Jul 2015 #48