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Pluto is no longer a Planet

By khurrum1 ⋅ August 24, 2006 ⋅ ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Important Snooty Scientists have finally concluded that Pluto is not a planet. This is because its orbit overlaps Neptune’s Orbit.

The official definition of a planet is now:

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.

Better pick up a sharpie and start correcting all the science text books published since 1930.

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