Official. Pluto Not A Planet.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Don't forget Gabriel, can't have Xena without her. :D

Actually Michael Brown wanted to name Xena's moon Gabrielle too.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

And he didn't?

pfft, what kind of Astronomer/geek is he?

[Fred Derf Veteran]

And he didn't?

pfft, what kind of Astronomer/geek is he?

Maybe this explains it? :p

http://www.exo.net/michaelb/gogirl/gogirl.html

[Hum]

Boy, the Plutonians are going to be insulted over this. :no:

[xxdesmus]

That is really kinda funny in a very strange way. It's weird when something that you just kinda take as a constant is drastically changed. It'd be similar to something like "Oh, well we decided South America wasn't really a continent anymore." ...it's just weird to think about.

[webeagle12]

nno NOT a pluto, anything but a pluto {/sarcasm}

I guess we all will turn stupid now because we dont know all the planets of universe, oh wait did we ever did anyway :sleep:

[Izlude]

Maybe Pluto was originally Neptune's moon, but somehow got tossed off and now has it's irregular orbit around the sun. Poor Pluto :( but I long to see the day where those two crash into each other. I mean really, look how their orbits overlap each other. It's positively wacky!

Ooh speaking of funnies, if you play gyruss on the NES, they put Pluto before Neptune in the diagram. I guess it's because of their alignment at the time they made it.

[tony-inpo]

Did anyone see the horizon program on this? that was very interesting - you might be able to grab it at bbc.co.uk

[MurrayF1]

Maybe Pluto was originally Neptune's moon, but somehow got tossed off and now has it's irregular orbit around the sun. Poor Pluto :( but I long to see the day where those two crash into each other. I mean really, look how their orbits overlap each other. It's positively wacky!

Ooh speaking of funnies, if you play gyruss on the NES, they put Pluto before Neptune in the diagram. I guess it's because of their alignment at the time they made it.

Dont forget orbits are 3D aswell its not just as simple as the 2D charts we see

[ThePitt]

:blink: yesterday 'we' have Pluto as planet, and today no. Maybe tomorrow comeback as planet. Who knows...

[Bawx]

So what to do with all the outdated school textbooks and magazines and all the millions of documents with PLANET PLUTO in them?

[vincent]

So what to do with all the outdated school textbooks and magazines and all the millions of documents with PLANET PLUTO in them?

Buy new ones, problem solved. It's not rocket science, it's astronomy :D

[primexx]

YES! FINALLY! Pluto never belonged!

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Dont forget orbits are 3D aswell its not just as simple as the 2D charts we see

I understood that all of the real planets do orbit the sun on the same 2D plane. Pluto's orbit, however, is titled off from the standard 2D plane.

[Joel]

My daughter won't like this. Steve from Blue's Clues taught her the planets, and Pluto was in the song.

[Izlude]

I understood that all of the real planets do orbit the sun on the same 2D plane. Pluto's orbit, however, is titled off from the standard 2D plane.

... could they still crash though? :woot:

edit: oh wait... they can't :(

http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/f...collide%3F'

it says here that an orbital resonance between the two keeps them from ever colliding.

Edited August 24, 2006 by Izlude

[quadz0]

by the new definition they created, wouldn't Neptune also fall under the category of "Dwarf Planet"? It hasn't cleared its area around its orbit, pluto is still going to cross its orbit.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

by the new definition they created, wouldn't Neptune also fall under the category of "Dwarf Planet"? It hasn't cleared its area around its orbit, pluto is still going to cross its orbit.

Nepture is a gas giant and it has a stable and circular orbit.

Hailey's Comet crosses the orbit of many planets but that doesn't invalidate them.

[GrimSage]

heh, the end to our solar system is now uranus.

Actually he is/was right

MVEMJSNUP is what a lot of us were taught to help us remember the order of the planets,

mercury

venus

earth

mars

jupiter

saturn

neptune

uranus

pluto

But then it was determined that Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto sometimes change their orbital patterns...god I feel old...

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Actually he is/was right

MVEMJSNUP is what a lot of us were taught to help us remember the order of the planets,

mercury

venus

earth

mars

jupiter

saturn

neptune

uranus

pluto

But then it was determined that Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto sometimes change their orbital patterns...god I feel old...

MVEMJSUNP = My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked Up Nine Planets

How do you get Neptune coming before Uranus? Wikipedia obviously doesn't agree with you.

I think you just misremembered your jingle. Pluto is the only one with a weird orbit.

[tony-inpo]

@ GrimSage - Fred Derf is right, Neptune is now the last planet

[_bobcat_ Veteran]

I understood that all of the real planets do orbit the sun on the same 2D plane. Pluto's orbit, however, is titled off from the standard 2D plane.

This is what I always thought...

and I always remembered the planets as...

My

Very

Economical

Mother

Just

Sat

Under

Nine

Planets

I don't care too much about Pluto being kicked out, it couldn't pay it's membership fees anyway.

[Nashy]

Meh. Why change something that ain't broke.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

MVEMJSUNP = My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked Up Nine Planets

How do you get Neptune coming before Uranus? Wikipedia obviously doesn't agree with you.

I think you just misremembered your jingle. Pluto is the only one with a weird orbit.

My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked Up Nine

Nine what? :unsure:

[Fred Derf Veteran]

My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked Up Nine

Nine what? :unsure:

Nancy.

My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked Up Nancy.

I could make an x-rated one involving Nathan but I will resist.