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All the planets
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All the planets
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06-20-2012, 07:42 AM
From todays XKCD:

[Image: exoplanets.png]

He's right. It really is an exciting time.
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06-20-2012, 09:15 AM
What the hell!  Pluto isn't on there!
*mumbles something about activist astronomers*
I guess going from 9 planets to ~800 is more than enough consolation.
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06-20-2012, 10:07 AM
I like to imagine it might well be. Going by size and mass, Pluto is gonna be too small to appear as even a pixel or two Tongue
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06-20-2012, 10:58 AM
I'm imagining that he drew Pluto in, then erased it right before he posted the comic.
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