rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyz · 22 hours agoForbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up165
arrow-up165external-linkForbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?www.theguardian.comrumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyz · 22 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoThe argument that Pluto would be a planet if it were in a different orbital track is pretty disingenuous, because in a different orbital track it might also be a moon of Jupiter or just flung out into interstellar space.
minus-squaret_berium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoYeah, and if my grandma had a weener, she’d have been my grandpa.
The argument that Pluto would be a planet if it were in a different orbital track is pretty disingenuous, because in a different orbital track it might also be a moon of Jupiter or just flung out into interstellar space.
Yeah, and if my grandma had a weener, she’d have been my grandpa.