Planet destroying

[fluffymark]

Pluto no longer a planet!

The IAU approved a resolution stating that a Solar System Planet must be large enough to be approximately round and have cleared its neighbourhood. This includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. A 'dwarf planet' only has to be approximately round and includes Ceres, Pluto, UB313 and any other approximately round Trans Neptunian Objects. Pluto is therefore not a planet but a 'dwarf planet'.

Yaaaaaaaay! It never had a snowball's chance in hell, really. I've been saying for years it shouldn't be a planet. They should have read my thesis dammit, and all this would have been sorted out years ago.

UPDATE - *squeeeeeeep* Just noticed this - Professor Iwan Williams chaired the panel that destroyed Pluto's planethood. As in, the examiner who vivaed me for my PhD. He has read my thesis quite thoroughly indeed. I'd like to think it was me who pursuaded him to drop Pluto as a planet, but surely this is wishful thinking. In any case, you should all start blaming me for losing the planet Pluto now. Or something! eeeeep!

In other news, I'm pretending to cope with life surprisingly well. Everything you need to know is in all those posts I can't write. Meh!

Still, life goes on, and there are things happening. I have to figure out what manner of prettiness to wear to the wedding tomorrow, and am still out of ideas. Then there wil be castles and curling and other goodness, which are always good distractions *nods*. I'll be drowning my sorrows and dancing my tears away at Feeling Gloomy on Saturday, if anyone fancies joining me.

Comments

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

But...but...but...what happens to the My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas trick?

*somehow cannot cope with the concept of universe having eight planets*

[fluffymark]

The Solar System has 8 planets now. We've spotted hundreds more around other stars, so you can extend your imaginations in that direction if you like ... :)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Forgive me, that was an absurd misuse of terminology, and I know better. *wry gryn*

[fluffymark]

ANd I'm being horribly pedantic, but you know, this was my subject (all MINE!) for 4 years, so i know far too much about it. I know how to build planets. Anyone want me to build a replacement 9th planet? :)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I approve of being pedantic! And I DO know better, I've caught other people on that one, so it was downright silly of me to get it wrong. Bad Ashfae! No cookie!

A replacement 9th planet is an excellent idea, however! Can we put dinosaurs on it? Or make it out of shoes?

[fluffymark]

I wanted to make it out of cheese, personally. Or Creme Brulee

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I find either of these options acceptable.

Or perhaps cookie-crumb-coated chocolate substance.

[fluffymark]

Or chocolate cake? I could bake a yummy planet. And then eat it. :)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Which means we'd then need another replacement planet, so you'd have to bake another one, and then we'd eat that, and mmmm, yummy trend forming here!

[fluffymark]

*nods* Chocolate planets are a really good idea. We could make them all different flavours too. Ice-cream!!!! Its so cold in space it'd be ideal. Far better than than smelly lump of ice called pluto, which should to be logical be made out of plutonium or something equally evil.

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nothing?

The universe has lots more than eight planets, which is a thoroughly good thing, as it once helped me to win an online quiz. The quiz had some proper quizzy rounds, some activities-ish rounds and a few "eep I need to eliminate someone quickly" rounds. One of the last of these happened once the original dozens of participants were down to ten, and the quizmaster wanted to reduce it to nine. The question was: "name a planet". I was the last to get online after this question was posted, and so all the My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas planets had gone. But I named HD 209458 (or something) and the quizmaster had to let me stay!

[fluffymark]

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine HD 209458 ...

... doesn't have the correct feel to it somehow. And I don't know if that's the correct number either. We need more silly word tricks to help us remember the silly numbers of all these extra planets. Upsilon Andromedae is the only one (or rather, 3 planets) with a half-decent name.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Noodles. Noodles are, as always, the answer. :)

[fluffymark]

Pocky is the answer to everything. Also make a very good dinner. :)