Pluto is not a planet.

[bjarvis]

There, I've said it. I'm still dealing with the emotional aftermath of a solar system with only 8 planets, but I can now say it in public.

At best, it's a sizable Kuiper belt object, and an interesting one at that, but Pluto is not a planet.

Comments

[ubel-josh.livejournal.com]

Well of COURSE it's not a planet it's a DOG isn't it?

[westwind-mv.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it can perturb Neptune's orbit then it qualifies to be a planet. Wasn't the reason Clyde Tombaugh was looking around Delta Geminorum in the first place because of calculations based on that perturbation?

Besides, the more the merrier! We just need a better name for the new planet ("2003 UB 313" just doesn't roll off the tongue).

[ebearboston.livejournal.com]

Wait, what, hunh?

I'm already confused this morning!!!

[guiser1.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Pluto the guy who kept trying to beat up Popeye and steal Olive Oyl? He was a bastard, and I'm glad he's now just a sizable Kuiper belt object.

The fuck.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

*best southern accent*
Pluto will always be a planet in my heart.
*/southern accent*

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

Ah, but what about Chiron??
The mystery of the Dark Planet(oid) lives!

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

I'm down with that.