Pluto is Gone!

Published on November 8, 2005 By foreverserenity In Astronomy

Gone, kaput, pulled!

Pluto is no longer a part of the Solar System!

Are they nuts?! That’s what I heard recently while listening to the news on the television. (I was too busy to sit and watch so I listened instead)

I grew up reciting the names of the planets in the Solar System, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto…[I’m missing two I know], during my Primary School (Elementary in the US) years they had to be recited in order of discovery too, but not for this blog!

It’s being yanked because there are now five other moons out there that is larger than Pluto.

So it’s too pint sized? How un-PC is that?! Axed because another has taken its spot!

Bye, bye Pluto…at least Mickey Mouse still has your namesake as a pet!

[BTW, there is a new discovery, scientists thinks there are now three moons on Pluto. Does that mean it might be granted its status again?….enquiring minds want to know! For now, they’re investigating this.]

I couldn't find an exact link but this link will give some information.

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Comments (Page 2)

Gideon MacLeish

on Nov 10, 2005

It happened a few years ago, Dr. Guy. Personally, I think VT lobbied for it to get some extra federal coinage, even though they brag about how they're not on the federal dime.

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