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It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
#8915 08/24/06 03:01 PM
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Pluto has lost its seven-decade status as the ninth and outermost planet of the solar system, the world's top astrononomical body has decided.

see here

Ahh,bless.

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Re: It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
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It had already lost the status of being the fartherest for what ever it was decided it would be. xena is slightly larger and has all the same characteristics pluto has, save pluto has a moon. so either xena was going to be the farthest planet or pluto was going to get demoted. now they are both dwarf planets.

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Re: It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
#8917 08/24/06 08:09 PM
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When I was a kid, there was a TV show called BRANDED, with Chuck Conners. He's a soldier, stripped of his rank, sword broken, and booted out of the army. I kind of envision a ceremony like that for Pluto.

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Re: It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
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no, its more like being sent to the minors after being in the majors for several decades.

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I get the feeling this has more to do with politics than science :-/
Re: It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
#8920 08/24/06 11:59 PM
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Planets, I had a few, but then again, too few to mention....

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Re: It's Official: Pluto stripped of planet status
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brings up a whole new era for disney world and mickey w/ pluto gone and all. I enjoy the info all. ty.

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