There has been a lot of hooplah going on in the astronomy world about whether Pluto deserves to remain a planet or not. After much deliberation in Prague (sidenote – my dream vacation spot), the verdict is in.
Poor Pluto has been stripped of its planet status and is now just a dwarf planet
Part of it is due to its small size (aha, so size DOES matter!), its gravitational pull, and the fact that its orbit is not clear since it overlaps with Neptune.
Sometimes I wonder if I have a few post-partum issues going on; not so much depression but more that it has heightened my pre-existing anxiety. It’s gotten much better over the past few months, but I’m sort of glad I’m not in any kind of therapy because if I tried to explain my incredible sadness over the classification and demotion of PLUTO, a freakin’ flying rock near the edge of the solar system, I think my therapist would declare me a hormonal disaster and throw me a bottle of potent medication.
(Some people may be surprised that I have an interest in astronomy. To this I say: Hello? Have you noticed the name of this domain? That would be Andromeda as in the galaxy, not the highly sucky show.)
Pluto is pretty sad.
http://www.comboutique.com/pluto
Oh my god, those shirts are AWESOME!
Maybe it runs in the family, because I feel bad for Pluto too! Neal doesn’t get it – we were talking about it last night and I mentioned my sympathy for that rock, and he said it was an imposter all along anyway, TOTALLY not understanding.
I’m so sad for Pluto- and it makes me feel old to think that my daughter will be learning about the planets- minus Pluto, while I learned about Pluto as a planet when I was in school!!
Even planets are only lumps of stuff chugging through space. Planet is only a definition. If a body affects the movement of other bodies, they count for something. Pluto is holding up its own in the chugging stuff category. Besides as old as I am, it will continue to be one of my planets. Astronomers who have nothing better to do than proclaim pluto’s status can go jump in a lake — if they still consider it one.
i felt bad for pluto too.
maybe its cause we all grew up with him.
maybe its also cause he’s mickey’s dog.
maybe cause it was one of the interesting planets. i guess ALL the planets are interesting but we know about mars, venus is just there, saturn has some crazy rings, jupiter is fat but pluto was this little gray dot. mysteriously far away.
tiny pluto holding on to the edge of our solar system, or so it seemed.
I totally feel bad for Pluto too!