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Is Pluto the black circle with the question mark or is that “Planet Nine”? Not marking Pluto on this would ruin it for me, even if it’s in the “Dwarf Planet” b
by zaroth 8y ago
Is Pluto the black circle with the question mark or is that “Planet Nine”?
Not marking Pluto on this would ruin it for me, even if it’s in the “Dwarf Planet” box.
- Raphmedia 8y agohttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1633:_Possible_Undiscovered_Planets https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1633:_Possible_Un...
- zaroth 8y ago“Pluto, no longer considered a planet (it was the ninth until 2006), is not marked on the chart, but it would be below Neptune just outside the pink region (2,300 km diameter and 30-50 AU away).“ Yeah, that sucks.
- krylon 8y agoDo not take this the wrong way, but I am always a little confused about people feeling about the whole planet-dwarf_planet thing so strongly. Pluto is still out there, just as it was a hundred years ago, when nobody knew it existed. And just recently, NASA sent a probe Pluto's way, that managed to amaze me, an outspoken Pluto-hater[0]: Turns out that Pluto is much more complex than people had anticipated. Who cares what the IAU decides to call it? It is what it is. You could call a rose a turd, and it still would not smell as badly. ;-) [0] Okay, I do not hate Pluto. I just wish NASA, ESA or whoever would send a couple of probes to Uranus and Neptune. I feel very strongly about this.