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bigbassroller | 4 years ago

Let’s have a talk, Pluto. We know you’ve been feeling blue They changed your class, so you go blame it on the IAU Now you’re a dwarf planet, and you’re not thrilled, it’s plain to see But if you look at what makes a planet great The dwarves have two out of three:

1 You orbit a star, and your star is called the sun 2 You have enough gravity to make you round, but you’re missing one: 3 Do you clear your surroundings? Dwarf planets don’t clear their neighborhood They don’t have enough mass, but join the class If you don’t know their names, you should

Ceres Makemake Haumea Eris Pluto

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws3kWuMi0Y8

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vba616|4 years ago

Some say that the reason for demoting Pluto was to avoid admitting Eris to the club of planets while pretending to be consistent. The "clearing your orbit" thing was more of a cover story.

It's possible that Eris took it as a snub. There certainly seems to be a lot of chaos recently.

bigbassroller|4 years ago

I’m Eris, and there is no stranger orbit than this, ‘cuz we Bend the rules where I’m at in the Scattered Disc I’ve been hearing some confusion in the past: Pluto may be bigger, but I got more mass