Friday, August 25, 2006

Pluto kicked out of solar system

Pluto missing Leading astronomers declared yesterday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new Plutoguidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.

It's a decade-old controversy: Pluto is so much smaller than the other eight planets, so different in composition and in such a weird, tilted orbit that it doesn't quite belong. But the discovery last summer of a new object, similar to Pluto but bigger, threw the whole thing wide open. If Pluto is a planet, so must
2003 UB313 be. If 2003 UB313 isn't, Pluto can't be. Simple as that.


Already started is the Save Pluto campaign at Worth 1000

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is wack

Anonymous said...

THIS IS STUPID! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE KICKED OUT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM FOR GOD SAKES! >;[

Anonymous said...

Like it said the ex-planet didn't fit the expectations of a planet... ohh btw pluto still is in the solar system its just not a planet

Anonymous said...

hehehe. i <3 pluto. iwonder what kind of dog he is

Anonymous said...

i <3 PLUTO!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

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