Retrospectator

Another misinformed, misguided but opinionated individual who feels the need to contribute. Now you too can view the world through the the eyes of a middle-aged man who can't see his toes, let alone the point of it all.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

From planet to Pluto...

Poor Pluto. The indignity of being dumped as a planet from our solar system was only magnified when Pluto was 'demoted' by a gathering of astronomers to the category of Dwarf Planet. Is this a case of mass discrimination or entity reallocation?

According to experts Pluto just isn't big enough. Now this frozen little marble joins the likes of the asteroid Ceres and a yet classified object referred to as UB313 in the Kuiper Belt - or on the outer in outer space.

According to leading astronomers Pluto also has a wonky trajectory - I'm sure if they looked harder they'd find something else wrong with it. Maybe it's also the wrong colour.

Personally, just because it's not very big and it leans a little to the left, it is no reason to re-categorise Pluto as a size-challenged insignificant pin prick of ice that rotates around our sun in the wrong direction......Oh, I see what you mean.

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