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41. I'm on Team Stern, too! mahalo PT

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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