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 Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:15 pm
Not sure if everyone's heard it or not, but recently (two or three days ago) Pluto lost it's planetory status and was demoted to a dwarf planet. Now there's a few other dwarf planets, and I'm wondering how this whole change is going to affect astrology and the like. I mean, is Pluto going to be booted out and just stick with the 8 remaining planets, or are the other dwarf ones going to be incorporated? In my opinion at least, something's gotta give. Anyways, if you hadn't heard about it, google Pluto in the news bit. There was quite a lot going on about it when I looked the other day.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:25 pm
Yeah, I hear about that. It first started a few years ago. Took them this long to decide what they wanted, huh? I think that's a bit messes up. How long has Pluto been a planet? Then they change it?! And just think of how many school have to buy NEW science books now. eek
If I remember right though, at first they wanted to demote it to a moon. So a dwarf planet isn't TOO bad. It's just lableing it as a SMALL planet.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:17 pm
True, but imagine if you were Pluto. You'd be sitting there thinking "Yay! I'm a planet!" and then "Stuff you too! You used to think I was good enough to be a planet!". Poor Pluto..... cry
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:20 am
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Well, I don't think astrology should be changed. Just because some scientists change the status of Pluto, doesn't change what it is, just what we call it.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:13 am
Pluto is the Best dwarf planet ever.... the wordplanet is still in there...so i guess its okay.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:56 am
Lady Dao True, but imagine if you were Pluto. You'd be sitting there thinking "Yay! I'm a planet!" and then "Stuff you too! You used to think I was good enough to be a planet!". Poor Pluto..... cry Yeah, I know. sad
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:57 am
-Psychotic Faerie- xd Well, I don't think astrology should be changed. Just because some scientists change the status of Pluto, doesn't change what it is, just what we call it. Yeah, but I don't think astrologist care what we think. xp
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:34 am
x0DarkTiger0x -Psychotic Faerie- xd Well, I don't think astrology should be changed. Just because some scientists change the status of Pluto, doesn't change what it is, just what we call it. Yeah, but I don't think astrologist care what we think. xp Astrologists have not cared what the astronomers thought for a very long time, actually. Anyways, onto my opinion. To me, the science community can claim whatever they wish for the status of the planets. I don't personnaly think it should change anything religious, The planet's are there as 'representations' of the gods. So, why should whether the scientists claim what status it has effect that?
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:30 am
In my opinion it was quite logical to change its status to Dwarf Planet. If it's was a planet, many other ice and rock objects in space, would be planets aswell. Look at Ceres! As far as I remember it's larger than Pluto, and it's not a moon, so why didn't it get a pretty label, saying: planet? D:
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:59 am
Trixa Pyswell In my opinion it was quite logical to change its status to Dwarf Planet. If it's was a planet, many other ice and rock objects in space, would be planets aswell. Look at Ceres! As far as I remember it's larger than Pluto, and it's not a moon, so why didn't it get a pretty label, saying: planet? D: It did, well for a little while. Ceres, Pluto, its moon, and Xena were all "planets" by the new deffinition but now they have all been downgraded to 'dwarf planets'.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:09 pm
WHAT!!! eek WTF? Being in college has CERTAINLY hurt my news intake.
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:23 pm
If I were a Scorpio, I would have cried and cried. I love Scorpios, and the "loss" of a totem planet makes me really sad.
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:42 pm
My astronomy teacher still considers it a regular planet, which I like. :] I mean, it rotates.. it goes around the sun like all the other regular planets.. why shouldn't it count?
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