Comments on: Pluto now a “plutoid” http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/ Bad Science And Scary Science Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:39:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: drbuzz0 http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7976 drbuzz0 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:57:19 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7976 [quote comment="7958"]Umm, doesn't Pluto's orbit periodically venture inside Neptune's (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ?[/quote] Yeah, actually I wondered about that myself. You'll have to ask the IAU, I guess.

        Infoholic UK said:

Umm, doesn’t Pluto’s orbit periodically venture inside Neptune’s (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ?

Yeah, actually I wondered about that myself. You’ll have to ask the IAU, I guess.

]]> By: El Dorkorino http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7969 El Dorkorino Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:35:24 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7969 [quote comment="7958"]Umm, doesn't Pluto's orbit periodically venture inside Neptune's (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ?[/quote] Yeah, I believe it does on occasion come in closer than Neptune, but maybe because it is mostly outside the orbit of Neptune?? I don't know, but it's a special case made up just for pluto, so I'd think that won't matter.

        Infoholic UK said:

Umm, doesn’t Pluto’s orbit periodically venture inside Neptune’s (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ?

Yeah, I believe it does on occasion come in closer than Neptune, but maybe because it is mostly outside the orbit of Neptune?? I don’t know, but it’s a special case made up just for pluto, so I’d think that won’t matter.

]]> By: Q http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7962 Q Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:55:56 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7962 Yep, this is pretty idiotic if you ask me. Yep, this is pretty idiotic if you ask me.

]]> By: DV82XL http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7959 DV82XL Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7959 Watch me not care. The most pointless arguments in science have been taxonomic ones. While classification has some value, it in no way warrants the amount of hot-air and bile that can be, and has been, expended in these matters. Watch me not care.

The most pointless arguments in science have been taxonomic ones. While classification has some value, it in no way warrants the amount of hot-air and bile that can be, and has been, expended in these matters.

]]> By: Infoholic UK http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7958 Infoholic UK Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:25:54 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7958 Umm, doesn't Pluto's orbit periodically venture inside Neptune's (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ? Umm, doesn’t Pluto’s orbit periodically venture inside Neptune’s (simplistically) ? Is Pluto still a Plutoid at such times ?

]]> By: Kilroy1981 http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7955 Kilroy1981 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:14:37 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7955 I blame Walt Disney for this becoming a big deal. Everyone seems to love pluto and even little kids are up in arms and all upset about the thing not being a planet. Do you think all those little kids would care of Neptune or Uranus were suddenly declared a non-planet? I doubt it. Disney made Pluto a cartoon character and suddenly everyone loves the planet... even if it isn't one! I blame Walt Disney for this becoming a big deal. Everyone seems to love pluto and even little kids are up in arms and all upset about the thing not being a planet. Do you think all those little kids would care of Neptune or Uranus were suddenly declared a non-planet? I doubt it. Disney made Pluto a cartoon character and suddenly everyone loves the planet… even if it isn’t one!

]]> By: Dave Price http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7951 Dave Price Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:45:43 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7951 It really is just an issue of human-created wording, but I agree that there should be a different and more significant word for the big bodies that orbit a star versus the hundreds of little things which aren't really that unique or anything. I don't see any justification to group pluto with the other 8. It really is just an issue of human-created wording, but I agree that there should be a different and more significant word for the big bodies that orbit a star versus the hundreds of little things which aren’t really that unique or anything. I don’t see any justification to group pluto with the other 8.

]]> By: Q http://depletedcranium.com/pluto-now-a-plutoid/comment-page-1/#comment-7950 Q Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:36:33 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=638#comment-7950 I was about to say that is the lamest protest I've ever seen, but now that I think of it, I've seen worse. I was about to say that is the lamest protest I’ve ever seen, but now that I think of it, I’ve seen worse.

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