Pluto may be a planet again after it was downgraded to a new status by the the International Astronomical Union in 2006. Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently…
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10Oct
Posted by Pluto @ 2:26 pm
25 Responses
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Why do so many (Especially Americans) love Pluto unconditionally? It’s a
tiny fucking space object made of mainly ice, change your views based on
the latest science and don’t personify planets, planetoids, plutoids etc.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
OK, it’s a planet but is it a planet in our solar system? Or is it too far
away??
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Stop the discrimination, just make it a planet!?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
2:05 ” *it’s still not true* “— *No* you dummy, if there is egg in the
product, there *is* a chance it has Salmonella bacteria in it, which is
harmful or even fatal for children. It’s a small chance of Salmonella, and
a small chance of death, but it is a very real threat.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
From now on, Pluto will be categorized as the one and only ‘iutonyerotiuba’
in the solar sytem. Problem solved.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Science is a method for discovering, in a rigorous systematic manner, the
properties of the natural world. If you want rigid truths, stick with
religions and other woo.
Science is in constant flux, it doesn’t care if you’re confused when new or
refined data causes some pet belief, or planet, to be tossed out or
reclassified. Science is not a path to truth, it’s a struggle for
knowledge.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Uranus is a Black Hole.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Here’s the thing:
This appears to be a case where Science itself is groping to define exactly
what criteria we should use to define the word “planet.” The very fact that
there are still a number of competing theories is certainly evidence that
the scientific community hasn’t yet come to a consensus.
This is in no way a failure of science, or of the scientific method.
Actually, it is a good example of how science works: in the absence of
unequivocal objective data, various theories compete to fill the “best
available explanation.”
At it’s simplest, if you draw a straight line and label one end “Not a
Planet” and the other end “Definitely A Planet”, a certain point on that
line defines the difference between what is, and what is not a planet.
That point has yet to be defined.
As Gabriel points out, the larger reality exists out there regardless of
our understandings or definitions. ?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
This woman doesn’t come off very proffesional at all. Too far away from the
sun are you fucking kidding me??
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
no its a fucking dwarf planet?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Pluto is a Real Dog . LOL !?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Why do we go through Pluto debate all the time? Our most current definition
of planet is good. It excludes objects we wouldn’t consider planets and it
includes those that we do. Pluto (one we previously considered as a planet)
fell out the planetary definition. If we choose to include Pluto, we will
have to call several other objects that are in space, planets as well.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
There are other objects in the Kuitper Belt lager than Pluto, as well as a
couple asteroids in the main belt that are also rounded by gravity but have
a few neighbors. What’s the cutoff, if Pluto is a planet then so should
Ceres, Pallas and Vesta, Haumea and Makemake. Do we keep adding these
little round balls to the list of ‘Planets’ as we find them? ?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
What I find weird about this is we keep finding all these planets that
“could” support life way beyond our system, but we still have trouble
determining if one of our own planets is a planet or not…?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Back in the “olden days” we had a saying for this. It’s called “splitting
hairs”, you can do it, but for what reason??
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
give to her in the ass?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Why not include Ceres as well…?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
I am glad that the scientists have finally stopped denying the truth. :D?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Another thing main stream isn’t talking about when it comes to global
warming is that ALL planets in the solar system are WARMING. So there is
much more to it then what NASA is explaining to the people.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
DILLIGAF? it’s a round spherical object.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Thanks from Denmark?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
I can see no reason to why Pluto should be a planet. It simply doesn’t meet
all of the 3 criteria. If they make pluto a planet then they would have to
make Ceres, Eris and Sedna planets too.?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
I would like to bag this chick talking?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:26 pm
yes Pluto is a planet simple. i don’t listen to white devil fake
scientists savages anyway. HAND OFF PLUTO SIMPLE. no laser
beams s on Pluto. fuck off NASA SPACE TERRORISTS MILITARY ORG.?