One time I was 16 years old altogether. I don’t hear the Plutonians saying their home world isn’t a planet so until I can, it is. It’s a very cold planet because it’s so far away that the sun is just a distant star from that far into deep space, but it’s still a planet.
It’s incorrect to say that Pluto is “no longer a planet.” It’s just a different classification of planet, a “dwarf planet.” Think of it as a minor-league planet.
Quaoar (pronounced “kwar-waar”) is a dwarf planet about 700 miles/1,110 kilometers in diameter—about half the size of Pluto—that orbits the Sun beyond Neptune in the remote and cold Kuiper belt region. It has a tiny moon called Weywot.Feb 8, 2023
jasonsnakelover about 1 year ago
One time I was 16 years old altogether. I don’t hear the Plutonians saying their home world isn’t a planet so until I can, it is. It’s a very cold planet because it’s so far away that the sun is just a distant star from that far into deep space, but it’s still a planet.
Doug K about 1 year ago
Pluto … no longer a planet? What is this solar system coming to?
FreihEitner Premium Member about 1 year ago
Ah yes, going back to the Pluto debacle.
in-dubio-pro-rainbow about 1 year ago
DEFINITION OF A PLANET AND WHY PLUTO IS NO LONGER ONE.
A “planet” 1 is a celestial body within the solar system that (a)
is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass by its own gravity
to overcome the rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and © HAS CLEARED the vicinity of its orbit…. So, dear children. What do we learn from this? If you refuse to do your chores, you will lose your status!Alabama Al about 1 year ago
Pluto had it coming.
kurtoons.wilcken about 1 year ago
It’s nice to see that Oldbot has his priorities in order.
joegeethree about 1 year ago
I’m with Oldbot on that last point.
Beaker about 1 year ago
Come on. Let Pluto be a planet. It can play Right Field.
blairleroys Premium Member about 1 year ago
Pluto today. Mercury tomorrow.
The Orange Mailman about 1 year ago
15 years ago we were in a recession, the banks were failing, and France was in the middle of protests.
MikeM_inMD about 1 year ago
Oldbot would know about Pluto’s demotion. That happened in 2006 — just over SIXteen years ago.
ksu71 about 1 year ago
Well I’ve always wondered why Goofy can talk but Pluto can’t.
Tallguy about 1 year ago
Imagine telling someone from 2008 that “war has broken out”.
blakerl about 1 year ago
It will happen, One bright morning Earth will be declared no longer a planet. What will we do then?
puddleglum1066 about 1 year ago
It’s incorrect to say that Pluto is “no longer a planet.” It’s just a different classification of planet, a “dwarf planet.” Think of it as a minor-league planet.
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
It was bad enough when you had to remember that Pluto isn’t always the ninth planet from the Sun. :)
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
What is the new planet in the solar system 2023?
Quaoar (pronounced “kwar-waar”) is a dwarf planet about 700 miles/1,110 kilometers in diameter—about half the size of Pluto—that orbits the Sun beyond Neptune in the remote and cold Kuiper belt region. It has a tiny moon called Weywot.Feb 8, 2023
geese28 about 1 year ago
….and you can identify as a flower
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
After all that news, Oldbot may ask for a reboot.
norphos about 1 year ago
Dwarf planets are planets too!
Stephen Gilberg about 1 year ago
Watch your words. Oldbot might get the impression that Pluto exploded or something.