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- Erectile, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31That would be like saying dwarf people are still people.
- DIGGerPhelpsND, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27@pix869
Call it a hunch, but I don't think Yahoo will get downed. - Mtdewrulz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20We at Digg should all chip in and send Pluto a Hickory Farms gift basket as a sign of support and solidarity.
- iFox, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17This is discrimination! Pluto can't help it that he's that small...
- Gadren, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Actually, this was known for some time. It was the discovery of Eris (then known as Xena) that triggered the debate that ended up demoting Pluto, because Eris was larger than Pluto.
This measurement of 27% is for mass, which doesn't really matter when it comes to how large it is. Eris has a diameter 4% larger than Pluto's -- that's what triggered the controversy. - KyotoWolf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I still love you 134340
- 2k3john, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10What do you expect for a small insignificant mass that lies in the shadow of Uranus?
- Daveecee, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Am I the only one that thinks the term "dwarf planet" is self-describing as, well, still a planet?
- MasterThief117, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9You know what, back in my day, Pluto was a planet.
- twertyto, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Not sure why Yahoo thought this fact was news worthy on June 14th, 2007. The original discoverers made this observation shortly after they announced the discovery of 2003 UB313. If its a newly refined measurement (my guess) of its diameter then the Yahoo story should state that...but then again I never expect news agencies to get science stories right anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_%28dwarf_planet%29#Size.2C_mass_and_density
Oh and BTW
the terms massive and larger are NOT the same - ICSU, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8http://www.digg.com/design/Poor_Pluto_picture
- enivid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Pluto's letting us down... yet again.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Pluto is the new Kevin Federline
- Erectile, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Capital ***** idea.
- R2Bacca, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9Stop personifying a cold chunk of rock in the farthest reaches of our solar system! Pluto has no feelings! It doesn't suffer indignity!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/science/8964/
here is pluto's reply - tim620, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Does it really matter what we classify Pluto as? Isn't "a rose by any other name, still a rose"?
- xrod, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Maybe we'll discover life on Pluto and then it can be a planet again!
- twertyto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4I'm not so sure. Maybe we should stop ***** with Pluto.
http://www.poe-news.com/forums/sp.php?pi=1001289573 - Rileyper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Objects in mirror are bigger than they appear
- gforb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1> Your breasts are not the BIGGEST,
As long as I get some "nsfw time" with them...
> Your penis is no the LONGEST,
As long as you get some "nsfw time" with it...
> The sun is not the BIGGEST star,
As long as it gets a good gander at during "nsfw time"... - dynky, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2The story that came out about this yesterday on HubbleSite:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/24/ - YRU2L8, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://kokogiak.com/solarsystembodieslargerthan200miles.html
- kurtu5, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1At least we still have uranus.
- synchro23, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0All Hail Eris!!!!!
- kirb59y, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5Still my favorite planet.
- Disjunto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2it is a planet, just not a full one :P
- DirtyVegas, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Pluto kicked in the solar nuts again!
- londubh, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2The ***** who wrote this pathetically ignorant headline and blurb shows an abysmal and extremely thorough lack of knowledge about why Pluto was demoted in the first place. It WAS because an object (now named Eris) LARGER than Pluto was discovered. It was Michael Brown's discovery and subsequent measurements that indicated that 2003 UB313 (nicknamed Xena now officially named Eris) was at a minimum larger than Pluto because of its albedo. They have now successfully measured it's mass and size to put definite numbers showing that it weighs more and is still larger in diameter. The IAU held a conference and the astronomers voted and came up with an official (but really a working definition) of a planet that dropped Pluto from the list of planets. I would have liked Eris to have been recognized as the tenth planet. Under the new definition this promoted the asteroid Ceres to the status of a dwarf planet which is kinda cool.
- Hangender, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Ok this is pathetic, let me give you a dose of REAL facts:
The sun is not the BIGGEST star,
Your breasts are not the BIGGEST,
Your penis is no the LONGEST,
and last, the earth is not the only planet with liquid water. - polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Man, poor little guy. Can't you just pick on someone your own size?!? *****' Earth People.
- airship, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Hah! Wussy little Pluto! Let's all beat him up and take his lunch money!
- Mobius01010, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Eris also the goddess of Chaos? If she is, I remember an old cartoon called the ExoSquad or something that had space pirates. They lived in a black planet past Pluto called Chaos. I dunno, I could be wrong. And I don't care what scientists say, Pluto will always be my favorite PLANET. They can suck one if they think I'm giving up on my homeboy. lol Three cheers for Pluto!
- Rileyper, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1So small and next to Uranus... LOLed
- griffin7, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0When some scientific board (or whatever they call themselves) reclassified Pluto a while back; I thought, those ignorant scientists, they don't know anything.
Now they are saying Pluto is smaller than another dwarf planet.
Big deal. These scientists don't know anything.
Wait until we go to Pluto, then we will know more. In the meantime the scientists burn up taxpayer funded grants and research contracts through the federal government, just trying to show how smart they are.
When are they going to come up with something that we can use? - zephod42, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0HAHA... Rupert > Pluto
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Awesome idea!
- jsneider, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1All Hail Eris!
- rickyuser, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Its official, Pluto's a bitch.
- Erectile, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Poor Pluto!
- Cro8ianSens8ion, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Of all things they had to name the "bigger" dwarf planet a name that means rivalry....typical.LOL
- archiesteel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1All hail Discordia!
- democracysucks, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3DON'T MAKE FUN OF PLUTO FOR BEING SMALL! IT CAN'T HELP IT!
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You and my ex-girlfriends are all the same! - ICSU, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2must have been men; women know size doesn't matter.
- heysuburbia, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4http://www.mathiaspedersen.com/3dportfolio/highres/poor_pluto_1600x900.jpg
- dtd00d, on 10/11/2007, -12/+6@scooterbaga
Neat?! Pluto is completely getting owned!
First we stripped it of its planetary status, now it's not even the right size to be cool anymore. It's like the entire galaxy is against it.
What's going to happen next? Are we going to revert to giving Pluto a number instead of a name? Wait, don't quote me on that.
Don't worry Pluto, I still love you. Less than three! - Pix869, on 10/11/2007, -10/+3@DIGGer:
And we also used to have a hunch Pluto was a planet.
Now, however, it seems to be the universe's punching bag. - scooterbaga, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6Neat.
- cpbrown, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3But... Will it blend?
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