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Let’s have a talk, Pluto. We know you’ve been feeling blue They changed your class, so you go blame it on the IAU Now you’re a dwarf planet, and you’re not thr
by bigbassroller 5y ago
Let’s have a talk, Pluto. We know you’ve been feeling blue
They changed your class, so you go blame it on the IAU
Now you’re a dwarf planet, and you’re not thrilled, it’s plain to see
But if you look at what makes a planet great
The dwarves have two out of three:
1 You orbit a star, and your star is called the sun
2 You have enough gravity to make you round, but you’re missing one:
3 Do you clear your surroundings?
Dwarf planets don’t clear their neighborhood
They don’t have enough mass, but join the class
If you don’t know their names, you should
Ceres
Makemake
Haumea
Eris
Pluto
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- vba616 5y agoSome say that the reason for demoting Pluto was to avoid admitting Eris to the club of planets while pretending to be consistent. The "clearing your orbit" thing was more of a cover story. It's possible that Eris took it as a snub. There certainly seems to be a lot of chaos recently.
- bigbassroller 5y agoI’m Eris, and there is no stranger orbit than this, ‘cuz we Bend the rules where I’m at in the Scattered Disc I’ve been hearing some confusion in the past: Pluto may be bigger, but I got more mass