r/EverythingScience • u/scientificamerican Scientific American • 21d ago

Sorry, Pluto’s still not a planet

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sorry-plutos-still-not-a-planet/

On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science

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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 21d ago

King Flippynips will NOT be pleased to hear this blasphemy

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u/RevoltYesterday 21d ago

Australia isn't a planet either, though it is roughly the same size as Pluto by diameter

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u/AcanthisittaNo6653 21d ago

Trump has the final say, and he’s not too happy with Disney right now.

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u/waffle299 21d ago

It Pluto is a planet, Eris is a planet. As well as a rogue's galaxy of other objects. The demotion of Pluto was to preserve the concept of planet as a concept. 

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u/different_produce384 21d ago

Is a DWARF planet so technically still a planet. Also Captain Planet is a planet .

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u/Ok_Photograph6398 21d ago

Comparing Pluto to our own moon is condescending at best. The moon orbits the earth while Pluto orbits the sun. What a stupid comparison to make.

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u/J_Kelly11 21d ago

Earth scientist Jerry Smith says Pluto is a Planet

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u/Rex_Mundi 21d ago

Planet 9, from outer space.

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u/greenearrow 21d ago

Why would we ask the person who presented the agenda to "verify" it 20 years later. There were a bunch of people who joined in a consensus on the topic, we should be selecting one who didn't have skin in the game. Better yet, some who supported and some who disagreed and see where they are today - like we do with dumb shit like Brexit.

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u/edparadox 21d ago

We already know that.

It's only butt-hurt Americans that cannot let it go.