08-24-2006, 09:59 AM | #51 | ||
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...and J-Lo's butt starring as Pluto.
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08-24-2006, 10:00 AM | #52 |
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"What did you say"
"I said Pluto is not a planet." "You just bought yourself another Saturday."
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08-24-2006, 10:01 AM | #53 |
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Can you describe the ruckus?
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08-24-2006, 10:05 AM | #54 | |
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08-24-2006, 10:18 AM | #55 |
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I'll sleep better now. This is the right decision. One astronomer summed up my thoughts this morning in an interview when he said they tried to tailor a definition that would include Pluto without letting any other celestial bodies, but there was just no way to rationalize making Pluto a planet without declaring other objects planets as well -- and that number 12 being bantered about would probably have been 13 by the end of the year and could very easily end up in the hundreds or thousands once we better explore the Kuiper belt.
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08-24-2006, 10:23 AM | #56 | |
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08-24-2006, 10:37 AM | #57 |
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Let me reassert that Rigel IV is indeed a planet. And I shall kick the ass of anyone who says that it is not so.
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08-24-2006, 10:41 AM | #58 | |
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"Mass challenged planet" would be the politically correct term. |
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08-24-2006, 10:44 AM | #59 | |
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08-24-2006, 10:53 AM | #60 |
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I'm waiting for Pluto's tell-all book before I rush to judgment. Word on an underground astronomer's board I frequent is that two and possibly three other "planets" are using mass-enhancing radionuclides to bolster marginal measurements.
And check out Jupiter, you telling me that's from hot dogs and beer? Flaxseed my ass! |
08-24-2006, 11:01 AM | #61 | |
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Who will be portraying Uranus? |
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08-24-2006, 11:07 AM | #62 | |
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Maybe they can reunite for a Pluto benefit tour.
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08-24-2006, 11:16 AM | #63 |
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Pluto is the new Moops in trivial pursuit.
"How many planets in the solar system?" "8" "I'm sorry the card says 9"
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08-24-2006, 11:20 AM | #64 | |
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08-24-2006, 11:33 AM | #65 | |
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08-24-2006, 12:39 PM | #66 |
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Can anyone else hear Pluto screaming right now?
"NNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
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08-24-2006, 12:42 PM | #67 |
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I'm sure this does wonders for NASA's morale. As of today, instead of going to the 9th planet, we're spending $650 million on the New Horizons probe as it speeds toward one of the thousands of big rocks in the Kuiper Belt.
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08-24-2006, 12:44 PM | #68 | |
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Where the Plutonians are sure to blast it right out of the sky when it's in range.
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08-24-2006, 12:52 PM | #69 |
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I wonder if we'll see a major jump in the price of plutonium now.
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08-24-2006, 01:21 PM | #70 | |
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The bright side of this news is that Uranus jokes remain unaffected by today's decision.
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08-24-2006, 01:47 PM | #71 |
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"That's No Planet.. That's a Rock"
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08-24-2006, 01:49 PM | #72 | |
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I heard something about astronomers wanting to change the name of Uranus, to stop the jokes. Supposedly they were going to change it to Urectum. sorry |
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08-24-2006, 02:05 PM | #73 | |
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08-24-2006, 02:08 PM | #74 |
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Futurama, baby.
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08-24-2006, 02:13 PM | #75 |
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you gots it
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08-24-2006, 02:19 PM | #76 |
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I think the bigger question is how is this going to effect the science of Astrology?
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08-24-2006, 02:22 PM | #77 |
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08-24-2006, 02:27 PM | #78 |
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If somebody traveled back in time, and told Walt Disney that Pluto would no longer be a planet in 2006, what do you think the cartoon dog's name would be?
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08-24-2006, 02:33 PM | #79 | |
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08-24-2006, 02:38 PM | #80 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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Who says we have to accept this determination?
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08-24-2006, 02:39 PM | #81 |
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I think we should dispatch Andy Dick to Pluto on a mission of reconciliation.
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08-24-2006, 02:47 PM | #82 | |
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08-24-2006, 03:18 PM | #85 | |
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08-24-2006, 03:21 PM | #86 | |
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08-24-2006, 04:11 PM | #87 |
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I think we should go ahead and grandfather Pluto in as a planet.
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08-24-2006, 09:06 PM | #88 | |
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08-24-2006, 09:28 PM | #89 |
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Sometimes size does matter.
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08-24-2006, 10:04 PM | #90 |
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Astronauts have known forever that Pluto wasn't really a planet and the argument that we ought to keep it one to prevent having to redo schoolbooks seems absurd.
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10-06-2014, 02:47 PM | #91 |
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Pluto is back, baby.
Yes? No? Harvard astronomers kick up storm by claiming Pluto is indeed a planet : SCIENCE : Tech Times
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10-06-2014, 02:48 PM | #92 |
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Pluto: The Cleveland Browns of the solar system.
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10-07-2014, 01:55 AM | #94 |
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10-07-2014, 06:35 AM | #95 |
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Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
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01-07-2015, 02:17 PM | #96 |
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This article goes way past our solar system, and based off to the Kepler findings, tries to extrapolate how many habitable planets there might be in our Milky Way galaxy.
How many habitable planets are in our galaxy? — Starts With A Bang! — Medium
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07-14-2015, 02:19 PM | #98 |
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07-14-2015, 02:33 PM | #99 |
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Pluto memes are awesome.
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10-14-2017, 10:30 PM | #100 | |
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Poor Pluto ... but would be an exciting find.
NASA Suspects a Ninth Planet Could be in Our Solar System's Outer Edges Quote:
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