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Who did Setsuna piss off this time? - robkelk - 06-15-2007
Seen on The Register: Pluto Demoted Again
But at least Pluto still has some fans:
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We here at Vulture Central are staring to feel a bit sorry for Pluto, and have accordingly named it El Reg's "Most favourite non-descript orbiting object".
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
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Re: Who did Setsuna piss off this time? - Kokuten - 06-18-2007
Really, I think all this is just a large step in Setsuna's long-term plan to protect and safeguard the Gate.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
- Labster - 02-24-2017
Let's necro this thread:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02 ... lanethood/ with headline: Pluto scientists are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore
The PI of the New Horizons mission, among others, are now asking the IAU to change the definition of planet to include Pluto, and just about any round object in space not undergoing nuclear fusion. This would include 110 known bodies in the solar system, including Earth's Moon.
Of course, if I was choosing the definition it would be: "A planet is any astronomical body which has an associated sailor or tuxedo."
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