Pluto is no longer a planet? How can they just change your mind after all these years? What's next? Is Europe not truly a continent?
Is "y" not sometimes a vowel?
Is alternative music not actually alternative?
Wait, forget that last one.
National Geographic explains it like this ...
"According to the new definition, a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. In addition, a planet has to dominate the neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto has been demoted because it does not dominate its neighborhood. Charon, its large "moon," is only about half the size of Pluto, while all the true planets are far larger than their moons."
Adding a "size matters" joke here is just way too easy, so I'm not going there.
1 comment:
Sniff :'(
I'm also not happy with this news. Pluto was one of my favorite planets. It was an outsider, a rebel, and cool. Even though it's a big rock, I can't help but feel a little sad.
I'm playing "Pluto" by Björk in remembrance. :)
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