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Jupiter the..... 6th planet in our solar system?!

Posted:
Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:20 pm
by War
By this time next week that could be the case, as in this years GA-XXVI the International Astronomical Union is voting on what it "now" takes to be a planet. This could mean that 3 new planets are added right away and counting Pluto which would now be 100% a planet(kind of, a double planet as its moon would also be a planet now)
Also along with the 3 new comers, which are Ceres(The new 5th planet), Charon(the old Pluto moon) and 2003UB
313, there could be up to 43 other new planets added as time goes on
wiki link
IAU link

Posted:
Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:24 pm
by Greatchickenman
There's no way I can do my 3rd grade science project with over 50 planets. . .

Posted:
Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:53 pm
by Teenr0cker
I believe Steven Colbert made that little joke already GCM.
In other news, shatmaster gets roasted on comedy central in T-minus one hour over here.

Posted:
Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:31 am
by Telephalsion
I doubt that anyone will be forced to know any planets other than the classical 8, and maybe pluto/charon

Posted:
Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:12 am
by Greatchickenman
Teenr0cker wrote:I believe Steven Colbert made that little joke already GCM.
In other news, shatmaster gets roasted on comedy central in T-minus one hour over here.
I don't really watch that show very often, but if he did make that joke, that means that his sense of humor is on par with mine. I actually did do a third grade science project on the planets, as did most of the hundreds of millions of people in the United States, so I believe it's fair to say that at least 2 people of the 300-something million can make the same joke about such an event.

Posted:
Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:59 am
by Fitz Tayo
Yeah, I heard about this from Nukklear Power. Brian did a rant on it.

Posted:
Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:18 pm
by Sling
This was on the news last week, they're creating a new type of classifaction called "Plutons"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluton_%28astronomy%29

Posted:
Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:08 pm
by Glenn47
As written by a little kid.
"Merkery, Venis, Earth, Mars, Charn, Jupeter, Satern, Cerays, your anis haha, Netpoon, too thowsand three you bee three won three, Pluto, YAY!!"
I love kids.

Posted:
Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:34 am
by Telephalsion
There's like a whole plutoon of plutons?

Posted:
Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:15 am
by Strayed Wanderer
Tele, ask us how often we see Swedish comedians.

Posted:
Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:21 pm
by War
Well the voting was done and Pluto is no longer a planet as well as all the other new guys. Instead it is a dwarf planet now.

Posted:
Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:29 pm
by Sarcasm
-_-
'nuff said

Posted:
Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:02 pm
by War
and I wanted 55 more planets


Posted:
Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:59 am
by Impossible
lolz pluto got pwned

Posted:
Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:52 am
by fwacho
Yes but two other object in the system got upgraded to dawrf planets.