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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago

It wasn’t NASA tho - it was the International Astronomical Union (IAU):

NASA’s New Horizons mission made a close pass of Pluto this week. For more than 70 years, Pluto was one of nine planets recognised in our Solar System.

But in 2006, it was relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). So why was Pluto demoted?

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33462184

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago

Nothing can warm up Pluto's cold, dead(ly) heart.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

After being gaslit for so long, I can't blame it

[-] retrolasered@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

Dont worry youre a planet babe

[-] my_legs_still_hurt92@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

So much fuss about a glorified asteroid.

[-] c0mpost@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 10 months ago

you should be more respectful towards dwarf planets

[-] my_legs_still_hurt92@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I like pluto but pluto only got his status as dwarf planet so a certain astronomers get less angry nonetheless Pluto is an asteroid.

[-] AmIConcious@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

"do you think that Pluto gives a shit? Pluto's not gonna quit, cos Pluto knows what Pluto is. And he knows that Pluto's HOT SHIT" -Tom Cardy

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Always "Pluto, Pluto, Pluto". Why does no one ever remember Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake? They're each as much of a "planet" as Pluto is.

[-] xenspidey@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

Heart? No, it actually looks like Disney's Pluto...

[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I thought this said "Heart of rice" and the rest about Pluto got pretty confusing

[-] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Three sizes too small

this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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