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 Aug 24 2006, 05:17 PM
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*gasp* pluto's no longer a planet
QUOTE "The public is not going to be excited by the fact that Pluto has been kicked out," Brown said. "But it's the right thing to do." o__O |
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| *Azarel* |
Aug 24 2006, 05:19 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_...lanet_mutiny_12
-> News This makes me sad for some reason, and I don't know why. |
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Aug 24 2006, 05:21 PM
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i think that's pretty stupid, and awkward, and lame. =/
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Aug 24 2006, 05:27 PM
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Why'd they kick out pluto! It was so uber cool!
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Aug 24 2006, 05:30 PM
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Communists.
But yes, this does belong in News. |
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Aug 24 2006, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE(SOOPER jue. @ Aug 24 2006, 3:27 PM)  Why'd they kick out pluto! It was so uber cool! If you actually took the time to read...  QUOTE Much-maligned Pluto doesn't make the grade under the new rules for a planet: "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit."
Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune's. |
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Aug 24 2006, 05:33 PM
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Yeahh I agree with UHH.. Thats kinda awkward.
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Aug 24 2006, 05:36 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Time to change the class lesson plans...
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Aug 24 2006, 05:39 PM
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This really should go in News.
I have a topic similar to this, but it was a while ago when they were still discusing the 12 planet plan. QUOTE The scientists agreed that for a celestial body to qualify as a planet: it must be in orbit around the Sun it must be large enough that it takes on a nearly round shape it has cleared its orbit of other objects Pluto was automatically disqualified because its highly elliptical orbit overlaps with that of Neptune. It will now join a new category of dwarf planets. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5282440.stm ^That's why. |
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Aug 24 2006, 05:42 PM
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Moved to News. Thank you Elaine & Anna. =)
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Aug 24 2006, 05:43 PM
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Everything we've learned has just completely changed. That's like saying 2+2=347893457389.
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Aug 24 2006, 05:44 PM
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 Does my topic have to be closed now 'cause it's misleading? 
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Aug 24 2006, 06:48 PM
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They can't kick out Pluto...it was my favourite planet!
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Aug 24 2006, 07:34 PM
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Ha I just flashed back to my Regents where they showed Pluto's orbit overlapping Neptune's. It made me laugh because I got that question wrong, and now there is no Pluto.
They're going to have to change that "My Very Educated Mother JUst Served Us Nine Pies" thing. |
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Aug 24 2006, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE(lalalaLANUH @ Aug 24 2006, 8:34 PM) They're going to have to change that "My Very Educated Mother JUst Served Us Nine Pies" thing. They can make it "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos". |
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Aug 24 2006, 10:49 PM
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I'm sure not, that was my favorite planet and no matter what it's always gonna be a planet in my mind. Eff what they say. Pluto is unique
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Aug 25 2006, 12:04 AM
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Poor Pluto.
 really though... thats sad, and idk why. But it is! |
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Aug 25 2006, 12:33 AM
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QUOTE(bobby james @ Aug 24 2006, 11:49 PM) I'm sure not, that was my favorite planet and no matter what it's always gonna be a planet in my mind. Eff what they say. Pluto is unique NEPTUNE IS UNIQUE! It spins on it's side :) I have to agree with science on this one. Now that they've got an exact definition for "planet", everything is organized. I always used to doubt that Pluto was a planet. It was too small! Even UB313 was larger than it! And it is sad because it was the only official planet discovered by American Astronomers. |
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Aug 25 2006, 01:34 AM
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QUOTE(xoxo_koala_kisses_ @ Aug 24 2006, 3:43 PM) Everything we've learned has just completely changed. That's like saying 2+2=347893457389. UH NO. |
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Aug 25 2006, 01:58 AM
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QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Aug 24 2006, 10:33 PM) NEPTUNE IS UNIQUE! It spins on it's side :)  Interesting, I forgot about that, it's a nice color too. Maybe I'll move on to Neptune But it still hurts It's just one of those things, I'm big on astronomy, I've loved that PLANET  since the beginning of time. It is what it is though
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Aug 25 2006, 12:58 PM
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I was studying planets for 8th grade last year. Now the new 8th graders of our middle school aren't going to study about it anymore.
BOOO.
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Aug 25 2006, 01:07 PM
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pluto used to be my fav planet
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Aug 25 2006, 06:02 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
Aww, this makes me sad too. Pluto was one of my favorite planets too. Ahh well, it'll always be a planet to me.
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Aug 25 2006, 10:43 PM
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haha lessons plans have to be changed now, My astronomy class is all wrong now arghhh. but yet again very interesting news...I want to know if their is life like us elsewhere. are we the bottom of all life or are we the adnacement of all life.
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Aug 25 2006, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE(T0rmented_Soul @ Aug 25 2006, 11:43 PM) haha lessons plans have to be changed now, My astronomy class is all wrong now arghhh. but yet again very interesting news...I want to know if their is life like us elsewhere. are we the bottom of all life or are we the adnacement of all life. I wonder how they're gonna set up the Earth Science Regents now.. I am very sure there is live on other planets. There probably used to be life on Mars 'cause there was proof that water used to be surface (oceans of it). And Europa (a moon of Jupiter), definitely. There's this very thick layer of ice on the surface, but there's supposed to be water underneath because there are volcanos under the ice. And there's oxygen on in the atmosphere (proved by spectroscopists and the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph). My guess is that it's thriving underwater. And how come you have an astronomy class? My (future) high school doesn't have it.. The only reason I have an astrophysics class is because I'm in a program. I wish public schools had astronomy
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