r/pluto • u/TomSmith193 • Sep 23 '26

Pluto is a planet!

To hell with the International Astronomical Union!

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u/s8n29 Sep 23 '26

Then without looking, name the other 30+ that should be equally as important to you.

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u/Lichensuperfood Sep 23 '26

Tom Smith is likely a bot.

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u/Bari_Baqors Sep 23 '26

No, it isn't.

Does an object need to be classified as "planet" to be interesting?

Pluto is interesting on its own. It doesn't need to belong in the planet club to be interesting. Dwarf planets can be, and in fact are, as any body, interesting too. Is a moon less interesting because its not a planet? Is a gas giant less interesting because its not a star? C'mon people, can we focus on what Pluto is in its nature, not what label should we give it? Is a spaceobject valued only by its label?

You are all seduced beyond comprehension.

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u/TomSmith193 Sep 23 '26

Shut up! Pluto is a planet! And if you don't understand anything, leave astronomy!

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u/utl94_nordviking Sep 24 '26

5 months old account, hidden history, and generic username <word><word><number>. Fuck off, bot.

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u/amtfg Sep 23 '26

Correct! It is a dwarf planet. ;)

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u/RyanSpunk Sep 24 '26

Saying Pluto isn't a planet is like saying dwarves aren't people!

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u/flatfinger Sep 23 '26

Pluto is the first discovered body whose orbital path around the Sun has a stable relationship with that of a planet (Neptune) around which it does not orbit. IMHO, the term "dwarf planet" is insufficiently descriptive to be suitable for use as the primary term for Pluto's type of entity ("Neptune is a planet; Pluto is a ___.") since Pluto is far more interesting than would be a rock that is in an independent solar orbit but hasn't cleared its orbital zone.

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u/Rstar2247 Sep 24 '26

They'll probably want to rename plutonium at some point!