Comments on: Pluto is Lost

By: AngryOldWoman

AngryOldWoman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:15:37 +0000

See the new postings on Facebook group Bring Back Pluto… about the new tenth planet, about the black holes, see and join us now. More than 76 people felt it right to do so. And there are more than a million on another group - we’ll win, we will.

By: AngryOldWoman

AngryOldWoman — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:25:36 +0000

You will be delighted, as am I, that we now number 63 just before the turn of the year. Let’s keep it up in 2008 - And remember, Pluto Rocks!

By: AngryOldWoman

AngryOldWoman — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:30:13 +0000

Great news, troops. Now 50 have joined - we need more. Look at the Facebook group and recruit more Plutofans immediately. Rescue the abandoned planet… keep the Nine! meet me on Facebook and join now….

By: wjms

wjms — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:20:03 +0000

Pluto rocks… Apologies, couldn’t resist it.

The problem is that it doesn’t actually meet the (self imposed) criteria of the tefal-headed boffins. I still think it’s a planet though, stuff them!

By: AngryOldWoman

AngryOldWoman — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:56:05 +0000

Well, I would be happy, Jonny, to have some more than the nine, if it were appropriate.

It is just my instinct to find it appalling that such a minority (424) of astronomers can vote out 75 (known) years of planethood of Pluto without reference to the rest of their peers (by voting when most had gone home) or, albeit unlikely, to all of us non-astronomers.

And when I read that the doctor in charge of New Horizons was upset at the “loss” of Pluto, well I felt it was a suitable Shitopedia topic.

Join us, help us bring back Pluto!

By: Jonny

Jonny — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:43:41 +0000

The argument in the “against Pluto” corner is that, were they to leave it as a planet, there are other “objects” that, too, would have to be classified as such, as they are more planet-like (planetatious? Planetified?) than Pluto, and hence, the 9 planets in the solar system dealy would be off in any case.

Things change, the universe moves on, surely this is just a semantic argument?

Just my two cents.

By: AngryOldWoman

AngryOldWoman — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:53:49 +0000

Luciana, try Googling Pluto and look at http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html

I learned about it in a newspaper booklet published yesterday.

Pluto still exists, it has just been down-graded and you can find out more also on New Horizon, the space probe to the farthest planet.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:37:01 +0000

wow, i had no idea about that! as far as i know our solar system is formed by 9 planets. where did you hear that angryoldwoman? well, now you know that in my country nobody talk about this important things!! how stupid don’t you think?

By: Jumbo

Jumbo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:59:37 +0000

Apparently Pluto is also known as “134340″ - that just rolls off the tongue, a beautiful name.