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still_a_planet
still_a_planet_to_me
Lilliya
Yeah, everything that swims is a fish and flies is a bird! Who needs specifics?
CAPSLOCKSMITH
PLUTO
CryHavoc21
AryaStoleMyKill
IronMannequinMrkXXI
I've been waiting to see one of these. Thank you!
Thank you for your support. Just doin my job.
BennuBird
Pluto. Plutoplutoplutoplutoplutopluto. What now, bitch?
loxus
Pluto
superippednobody
What?
MarvinV36
*shoots*DOES PLUTO, LOOK LIKE A BITCH
GadenKerensky
Um... it's still Pluto.
MustardHeadmaster
CaptSweatpants
May not be a planet, but the images and info they're sending back are still pretty fucking cool
CultofCedar
Plus it's a planet so that's cool
cyborgv1
Not to mention 11000 foot tall ice mountains that can only be formed by some kind of geology. better... they're near the age of the Rockies.
needkaffeen
A comment so interesting I upvoted it twice.
Yeah, the mobile app tends to double post.
I was going for a thing. It didn't work.
Landri
It's a planet. *hides*
PunyYuro
http://37.media.tumblr.com/e8f24384348ebb6842f373fc7fc96453/tumblr_n6e2pioMEQ1r6k11fo5_250.gif
sirelurksalot
They like Pluto, they just don't want it being called a planet.
Hoover280
Of all the overdone shit on Imgur, PLUTO is what you take issue with? Haven't there only been, like, three posts about it?
b8m8x8
Pluto pluto
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
itsokayyoucanlaugh
GraemeDynard
Dwarf planets aren't planets?
jamesspadertron
effydarling
My cousin named is Pulo. After Pluto for some reason.
WhoLetThePotatoesOut
Pluto.
KingsKnight
I feel like this should say "Say planet one more time. I dare you."
Snooj
Yeah, there's nothing wrong about calling it Pluto. It is Pluto.
AndIfarted
Goofy
NameNotFoundException
Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up.
maekism
ThatGuyWhoDownvotesFrontPageEditsAndDickbuttAndRepostStatistics
Well, you died
IAbandonedThisAccountPleaseDoNotLookAnymoreThanks
"..shit what do we do now I didn't think he would say it"
Cr4yol4
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
This needs more upvotes
BubberFantasyonline
IDoItForTheFakeInternetPoints
Well...they DID dare you...
tammayy
But they didn't double dog dare him
TheGhostMinx
UrsaUrsa
I expected this, +1
tomyironmane
Uranus.
Rakugabi
FoxyGanon
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/3492353/i-shot-marvin-in-the-face-o.gif
RandyMarshThoughtThisWasAmerica
That's exactly the gif I was looking for.
LuciferFCS
Bold move cotton, lets see how it pans out for him
Ihopethisisavailable
rrrrAPAAPAAPAAPAAPAA!!!!
satansApprentice
You cheeky rebel. I like you
Ludicolo
http://imgur.com/3aCXXtF
youhavemail
YOU WANNA GO TO WAR BULAKE
RolloJohnson
Gif game is strong with this one.
ShootyMcShooterFace
Sunnova BIYATCH!
ThisUsernameIsNotThatLongSoFuckYouAndYourShit
You done messed up, mah-eck-isum!
Tamaska
I mean, Pluto is still it's name
curiousrayoflight
His name is Robert Paulson.
sumothername
name-o
HiImSteve
It should say "Say planet one more time"
RyanEATBIRD
You heard about pluto? That's messed up, right?
vegio
*its
MisterGrammar
I approve this correction.
StephLovik
Did this already happen?
I like him.
Huemanatea
No you don't
I am perfectly fine with it
I am tempted to downvoting this post jst because it's gotten 8 upvotes and non of my info posts have gotten 1. >.< This was just tobe silly.
A lot of it just has to do with timing. Honestly though, I take my upvotes one grammar correction at a time. It's a slow job, but honest.
TetraCyberCat
Grammar IRL is pretty trivial to a person's character. Grammar on text-based forums is a big part of your persona.
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
Except this site is visited by a large amount of non native speakers. Basic mistakes like this one should just be forgotten
When you are forced to type like you were sending texts grammar is dropped by the side for speed and conciseness.
Ravenuser
So, adding a character is good for conciseness. Got it. TIL.
brb4ever
You're assuming that bad grammar is okay for texting. Dumb assumption. Also, if you want "speed and conciseness," say "brevity" instead.
devastitis
Lightly fried fish filets.
hahagreatmeme
Haha great meme
Talmorean
Well do you want them or not?
DJTesla
Well, I mean yea
jediiemc
I will nominate you as my king.
And my AXE!
Dr0Hesinsideher
Dad stop saying lightly fried fish filets
MisterLemons
Alright, I guess you don't want any lightly fried fish fillets.
OfficialCommentFromCorporate
Throw that ass in a circle
jamessadia
hats off to you sir
TheOMob
Dammit man....+1
ASongOfPissAndFarts
Give me back that filet o fish. Give me that fish.
bholabakra
hi Dad
DaytonHeywood
+ fucking 1
Mitchz95
Lonely? It has five times as many moons as Earth. Venus and Mercury are the lonely ones.
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
Pfft moons are like cats
GaneshaTheElephantGod
AND it passes through like the outer astroid belt and even crosses neptunes orbit. little fucker.
BlackStealth08
Yeah but it takes Pluto 248 years to orbit the sun once.
Awol86
Hasn't orbited the sun once since we discovered it.
igetthatreference.jpg
TheWholiganOfGallifrey
We all do. Except the other two that replied to you.
aceandduce
I do not good sir
UncageTheSage
I came back for this.
VulcanP90
v
CptRobotNinja
Youre my new favorite
mariahcarret
I don't get this reference but at this point I'm too afraid to ask
MyDogJake
it was a text that a dad sent his son/daughter asking if they wanted some lightly fried fish filets at 2 am.
Bless you, sir/ma'am
MethelyneBlue
I remembered that but why is it being invited??
Upvoted *
NotVeryBright
Because at the end, the son said "Say Lightly Fried Fish Fillets one more time Dad" and since it's similar to the pic, upvotes galore.
IrrelevantButPlausibleConspiracyTheories
People do not realize is that there are legitimate scientific reasons for Pluto to not be a planet. It's not because scientists hate fun.
Hypercube9
No, its because there were 100s of similar sized (or larger) objects and they thought it would be easier just to drop Pluto than add others!
That seems like a pretty legitimate reason to me.
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
And interestingly enough many planetary scientists who disagree with the changing of the definition of planet as well.
TGWeaver
Also Pluto is not a living entity. It did not have its feelings hurt. It does not need people patting it and telling it things will be okay.
It DOES have a HEART though...
inrecop
I'm annoyed by the abundance of "<3 Pluto your still a planet to me" Yeah, and my grandfather called blacks "negros." its time to move on
Yea, 'cuz that's TOTALLY the same thing! Don't let anyone tell you different!
FoxyEllie
Hey! Get back in character!
he never left character...
Oh god I've become a DM
Uh... hmm... MH17 was shot down by Russian insurrectionists.
NotJackieDaytona
The path of the righteous planet is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil scientists....
The22ndDoctor
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to demote and re-classify my planets.
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my nine planet system upon you.
volatiley
Global warming scientists? The denyers of Star effects?
ninjagaidensigma
Just Pulp Fiction.
spudcosmic
You sound like a reputable researcher with a testable, repeatable breakthough theory that disproves all climate scientists.
Totally not some guy that got his information from pseudoscience conspiracy articles on the internet with no basis in real science.
JustUsLeagueUnlimited
Dwarf planet is a type of planet
TopsunPB
Classic imgur, saying they love science but opposing scientist on Pluto not being a planet just because "They're used to have 9 planets".
ColoneISanders
Yeah right, in the same way a dwarf person is still a person am I right?!
Revivify
Also, is a Dwarf star not a star? Honestly, I think that if they don't want these objects classified as planets, then don't use (1/2)
the word Dwarf 'planet' to describe them. I can't be the only one who's irritated by this.
Jrex42
Yes, in the same way that sea lions are a type of lion.
chrismofer
you could say that, or you could say in the same way a compact car is still a car. neither are totally correct analogies.
If someone says "lions" you know they don't mean sea lions. If someone says "planets" you know they're not talking about Eris, Ceres, etc
CaptainCIaw
Why does this have 90+ upvotes? ITS PLAIN WRONG. >:-(
vlej
not even close
Is non-planet a kind of planet?
pairofd
No, dwarf-planet is not a sub-class of planet.
Nicole737373
then why is it called a dwarf-PLANET? actually curious, not trying to start an argument.
MundaneFacts
Dwarf-Planet is probably not as accurate as Almost-Planet.
Basically, it's big enough to be round.
UnadulteratedFun
But the moon is round?
But the moons orbit planets, not the sun
but why do we say it's a dwarf-PLANET if it's not a subgroup of planet?
SAWhowhatnow
Do you think pandas are also bears?
Because we like to use words we already know to describe things that are new to us.
Archaicorder
Plutino. It was classified dwarf planet cause it only fits 2 of the 3 criteria for being a planet. It can't clear its orbital neighbourhood
I've no idea.
Pluto is in fact still a planet. The reclassification was to make it a Binary-Dwarf Planet not an asteroid like NDT thinks. (1/2)
I'm pretty sure NDT never called Pluto an asteroid with any sort of seriousness.
RockAndNattoRoll
From the IAU's (International Astronomical Union) 2006 decision on the definition of "planet" and "dwarf planet": This means that the [1/?]
Solar System consists of eight “planets” Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A new distinct class of [2/?]
objects called “dwarf planets” was also decided. It was agreed that “planets” and “dwarf planets” are two distinct classes of objects. [3/?]
The first members of the dwarf planet category are Ceres, Pluto and 2003 UB313 (temporary name)." Your human/ape analogy doesn't work[4/?]
They are two separate classifications of objects within the Solar System. Sauce: http://www.iau.org/static/archives/releases/doc/iau0603.doc
boopitybapity
Your mom's a planet
Wow. Nice bug... This one hadn't posted on my end so I retyped it. >.<
stoploggingmeoutImgurIfuckingswear
Mobile?
Nope. PC. For some reason when I typed the first one it made me log in then when I scrolled for my up arrow to type 2/2 the message was gone
Although alot of the bugs I've been hearing about mobile I get on PC. Like the double posting.
TastyTastyScience
But saying that a dwarf planet is the same as a planet is a lot like saying that a guinea pig is a type of pig.
No because guinea pig is a english name. Dwarf Planet is a scientific classification. >.<
No one's saying they're the same, just that they're both technically planets. Just like cowboy hats and trucker hats are both HATS.
LMNOParis
It's nothing like that.
Wiindful
Once again, not it's not a planet, it's a dwarf planet as you said, those two are fundamentally different. We have a helluva lot (1/2)
They are not fundamentally different. Binary-Dwarf Planet is a sub-classification of Planet.
dwarf planets on our solar system but only eight planets. (2/2)
astrobeard
I'm an astronomy student and all of this arguing over semantics is making me really crave some popcorn
CarlSaganPlsComeBack
Im GONNA be an astronomy student one day... i hope. Whats it like??
If you're dedicated to understanding physics and are also interested in all of its other subfields, it's a dream come true.
Astronomy almost always boils down to either Quantum Mechanics or General Relativity. Surprises a lot of first time astrostudents
Actually classified Dwarf planets there are 4. Pluto Charon Eris and Ceres. The rest are Dwarf-Planet candidates.
With the Dawn Spacecraft scientist think Vesta might be a Dwarf Planet.
think, might be. So it's a candidate not an adopted.
I never said it was. They are learning about how it formed and it used to be active.
Your reasoning would imply that the gas giants aren't planets either as they are the subclass gas and giant.
Nope, it just is stated that a planet is a celestial body that : (1) is in orbit around the sun, (2) is massive enough to have a round (1/?)
shape, and (3) has cleared its orbit, and dwarves planets only have fulfilled the two first requirements.
Binary Dwarf is a subclass in the same way gas giant is. Just because they haven't cleared their orbit doesn't mean we think they wont.
We have easy computational models that demonstrate that the 4 dwarf planets can and will and have cleared the orbits. The candidates we~
For the 4 classified Dwarf planets we can't say they haven't cleared orbit. We can only say we haven't observed it. (except maybe Ceres.)
There are no other objects in Plutos Orbit. Pluto isn't actually in the kibur belt for most of it's orbit.
And don't go creationist with the "where you there" BS. Observable trends are valid scientific inquiry.
haven't been observing long enough to say that.
Lilliya
Yeah, everything that swims is a fish and flies is a bird! Who needs specifics?
CAPSLOCKSMITH
PLUTO
CryHavoc21
AryaStoleMyKill
IronMannequinMrkXXI
I've been waiting to see one of these. Thank you!
AryaStoleMyKill
Thank you for your support. Just doin my job.
IronMannequinMrkXXI
BennuBird
Pluto. Plutoplutoplutoplutoplutopluto. What now, bitch?
CryHavoc21
loxus
Pluto
superippednobody
What?
MarvinV36
*shoots*DOES PLUTO, LOOK LIKE A BITCH
GadenKerensky
Um... it's still Pluto.
MustardHeadmaster
Pluto
CaptSweatpants
May not be a planet, but the images and info they're sending back are still pretty fucking cool
CultofCedar
Plus it's a planet so that's cool
cyborgv1
Not to mention 11000 foot tall ice mountains that can only be formed by some kind of geology. better... they're near the age of the Rockies.
needkaffeen
A comment so interesting I upvoted it twice.
cyborgv1
Not to mention 11000 foot tall ice mountains that can only be formed by some kind of geology. better... they're near the age of the Rockies.
needkaffeen
A comment so interesting I upvoted it twice.
cyborgv1
Yeah, the mobile app tends to double post.
needkaffeen
I was going for a thing. It didn't work.
Landri
It's a planet. *hides*
PunyYuro
http://37.media.tumblr.com/e8f24384348ebb6842f373fc7fc96453/tumblr_n6e2pioMEQ1r6k11fo5_250.gif
sirelurksalot
They like Pluto, they just don't want it being called a planet.
Hoover280
Of all the overdone shit on Imgur, PLUTO is what you take issue with? Haven't there only been, like, three posts about it?
b8m8x8
Pluto pluto
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
Pluto
itsokayyoucanlaugh
GraemeDynard
Dwarf planets aren't planets?
jamesspadertron
Pluto
effydarling
My cousin named is Pulo. After Pluto for some reason.
WhoLetThePotatoesOut
Pluto.
KingsKnight
I feel like this should say "Say planet one more time. I dare you."
Snooj
Yeah, there's nothing wrong about calling it Pluto. It is Pluto.
AndIfarted
Goofy
NameNotFoundException
Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up.
maekism
Pluto
ThatGuyWhoDownvotesFrontPageEditsAndDickbuttAndRepostStatistics
Well, you died
IAbandonedThisAccountPleaseDoNotLookAnymoreThanks
"..shit what do we do now I didn't think he would say it"
Cr4yol4
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
This needs more upvotes
BubberFantasyonline
IDoItForTheFakeInternetPoints
Well...they DID dare you...
tammayy
But they didn't double dog dare him
CryHavoc21
TheGhostMinx
UrsaUrsa
I expected this, +1
tomyironmane
Uranus.
Rakugabi
FoxyGanon
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/3492353/i-shot-marvin-in-the-face-o.gif
RandyMarshThoughtThisWasAmerica
That's exactly the gif I was looking for.
LuciferFCS
Bold move cotton, lets see how it pans out for him
Ihopethisisavailable
rrrrAPAAPAAPAAPAAPAA!!!!
satansApprentice
You cheeky rebel. I like you
Ludicolo
http://imgur.com/3aCXXtF
youhavemail
YOU WANNA GO TO WAR BULAKE
RolloJohnson
Gif game is strong with this one.
ShootyMcShooterFace
Sunnova BIYATCH!
ThisUsernameIsNotThatLongSoFuckYouAndYourShit
You done messed up, mah-eck-isum!
Tamaska
I mean, Pluto is still it's name
curiousrayoflight
His name is Robert Paulson.
sumothername
name-o
HiImSteve
It should say "Say planet one more time"
RyanEATBIRD
You heard about pluto? That's messed up, right?
vegio
*its
MisterGrammar
I approve this correction.
StephLovik
vegio
Did this already happen?
Snooj
I like him.
Huemanatea
No you don't
vegio
I am perfectly fine with it
StephLovik
I am tempted to downvoting this post jst because it's gotten 8 upvotes and non of my info posts have gotten 1. >.< This was just tobe silly.
vegio
A lot of it just has to do with timing. Honestly though, I take my upvotes one grammar correction at a time. It's a slow job, but honest.
TetraCyberCat
Grammar IRL is pretty trivial to a person's character. Grammar on text-based forums is a big part of your persona.
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
Except this site is visited by a large amount of non native speakers. Basic mistakes like this one should just be forgotten
StephLovik
When you are forced to type like you were sending texts grammar is dropped by the side for speed and conciseness.
Ravenuser
So, adding a character is good for conciseness. Got it. TIL.
brb4ever
You're assuming that bad grammar is okay for texting. Dumb assumption. Also, if you want "speed and conciseness," say "brevity" instead.
devastitis
Lightly fried fish filets.
hahagreatmeme
Haha great meme
Talmorean
Well do you want them or not?
DJTesla
Well, I mean yea
jediiemc
I will nominate you as my king.
Talmorean
And my AXE!
Dr0Hesinsideher
Dad stop saying lightly fried fish filets
MisterLemons
Alright, I guess you don't want any lightly fried fish fillets.
OfficialCommentFromCorporate
Throw that ass in a circle
jamessadia
hats off to you sir
TheOMob
Dammit man....+1
ASongOfPissAndFarts
Give me back that filet o fish. Give me that fish.
bholabakra
hi Dad
DaytonHeywood
+ fucking 1
BubberFantasyonline
Mitchz95
Lonely? It has five times as many moons as Earth. Venus and Mercury are the lonely ones.
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
Pfft moons are like cats
GaneshaTheElephantGod
AND it passes through like the outer astroid belt and even crosses neptunes orbit. little fucker.
BlackStealth08
Yeah but it takes Pluto 248 years to orbit the sun once.
Awol86
Hasn't orbited the sun once since we discovered it.
IDoItForTheFakeInternetPoints
igetthatreference.jpg
TheWholiganOfGallifrey
We all do. Except the other two that replied to you.
aceandduce
I do not good sir
UncageTheSage
I came back for this.
VulcanP90
CptRobotNinja
Youre my new favorite
mariahcarret
I don't get this reference but at this point I'm too afraid to ask
MyDogJake
it was a text that a dad sent his son/daughter asking if they wanted some lightly fried fish filets at 2 am.
mariahcarret
Bless you, sir/ma'am
MethelyneBlue
I remembered that but why is it being invited??
MethelyneBlue
Upvoted *
NotVeryBright
Because at the end, the son said "Say Lightly Fried Fish Fillets one more time Dad" and since it's similar to the pic, upvotes galore.
IrrelevantButPlausibleConspiracyTheories
People do not realize is that there are legitimate scientific reasons for Pluto to not be a planet. It's not because scientists hate fun.
Hypercube9
No, its because there were 100s of similar sized (or larger) objects and they thought it would be easier just to drop Pluto than add others!
IrrelevantButPlausibleConspiracyTheories
That seems like a pretty legitimate reason to me.
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
And interestingly enough many planetary scientists who disagree with the changing of the definition of planet as well.
TGWeaver
Also Pluto is not a living entity. It did not have its feelings hurt. It does not need people patting it and telling it things will be okay.
Hypercube9
It DOES have a HEART though...
inrecop
I'm annoyed by the abundance of "<3 Pluto your still a planet to me" Yeah, and my grandfather called blacks "negros." its time to move on
Hypercube9
Yea, 'cuz that's TOTALLY the same thing! Don't let anyone tell you different!
FoxyEllie
Hey! Get back in character!
CaptSweatpants
he never left character...
FoxyEllie
Oh god I've become a DM
IrrelevantButPlausibleConspiracyTheories
Uh... hmm... MH17 was shot down by Russian insurrectionists.
NotJackieDaytona
The path of the righteous planet is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil scientists....
The22ndDoctor
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to demote and re-classify my planets.
The22ndDoctor
And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my nine planet system upon you.
volatiley
Global warming scientists? The denyers of Star effects?
ninjagaidensigma
Just Pulp Fiction.
spudcosmic
You sound like a reputable researcher with a testable, repeatable breakthough theory that disproves all climate scientists.
spudcosmic
Totally not some guy that got his information from pseudoscience conspiracy articles on the internet with no basis in real science.
JustUsLeagueUnlimited
Dwarf planet is a type of planet
TopsunPB
Classic imgur, saying they love science but opposing scientist on Pluto not being a planet just because "They're used to have 9 planets".
ColoneISanders
Yeah right, in the same way a dwarf person is still a person am I right?!
Revivify
Also, is a Dwarf star not a star? Honestly, I think that if they don't want these objects classified as planets, then don't use (1/2)
Revivify
the word Dwarf 'planet' to describe them. I can't be the only one who's irritated by this.
Jrex42
Yes, in the same way that sea lions are a type of lion.
chrismofer
you could say that, or you could say in the same way a compact car is still a car. neither are totally correct analogies.
Jrex42
If someone says "lions" you know they don't mean sea lions. If someone says "planets" you know they're not talking about Eris, Ceres, etc
CaptainCIaw
Why does this have 90+ upvotes? ITS PLAIN WRONG. >:-(
vlej
not even close
volatiley
Is non-planet a kind of planet?
pairofd
No, dwarf-planet is not a sub-class of planet.
Nicole737373
then why is it called a dwarf-PLANET? actually curious, not trying to start an argument.
MundaneFacts
Dwarf-Planet is probably not as accurate as Almost-Planet.
pairofd
Basically, it's big enough to be round.
UnadulteratedFun
But the moon is round?
Jrex42
But the moons orbit planets, not the sun
Nicole737373
but why do we say it's a dwarf-PLANET if it's not a subgroup of planet?
SAWhowhatnow
Do you think pandas are also bears?
Jrex42
Because we like to use words we already know to describe things that are new to us.
Archaicorder
Plutino. It was classified dwarf planet cause it only fits 2 of the 3 criteria for being a planet. It can't clear its orbital neighbourhood
pairofd
I've no idea.
StephLovik
Pluto is in fact still a planet. The reclassification was to make it a Binary-Dwarf Planet not an asteroid like NDT thinks. (1/2)
SAWhowhatnow
I'm pretty sure NDT never called Pluto an asteroid with any sort of seriousness.
RockAndNattoRoll
From the IAU's (International Astronomical Union) 2006 decision on the definition of "planet" and "dwarf planet": This means that the [1/?]
RockAndNattoRoll
Solar System consists of eight “planets” Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A new distinct class of [2/?]
RockAndNattoRoll
objects called “dwarf planets” was also decided. It was agreed that “planets” and “dwarf planets” are two distinct classes of objects. [3/?]
RockAndNattoRoll
The first members of the dwarf planet category are Ceres, Pluto and 2003 UB313 (temporary name)." Your human/ape analogy doesn't work[4/?]
RockAndNattoRoll
They are two separate classifications of objects within the Solar System. Sauce: http://www.iau.org/static/archives/releases/doc/iau0603.doc
boopitybapity
Your mom's a planet
StephLovik
Wow. Nice bug... This one hadn't posted on my end so I retyped it. >.<
stoploggingmeoutImgurIfuckingswear
Mobile?
StephLovik
Nope. PC. For some reason when I typed the first one it made me log in then when I scrolled for my up arrow to type 2/2 the message was gone
StephLovik
Although alot of the bugs I've been hearing about mobile I get on PC. Like the double posting.
TastyTastyScience
But saying that a dwarf planet is the same as a planet is a lot like saying that a guinea pig is a type of pig.
StephLovik
No because guinea pig is a english name. Dwarf Planet is a scientific classification. >.<
Hypercube9
No one's saying they're the same, just that they're both technically planets. Just like cowboy hats and trucker hats are both HATS.
LMNOParis
It's nothing like that.
Wiindful
Once again, not it's not a planet, it's a dwarf planet as you said, those two are fundamentally different. We have a helluva lot (1/2)
StephLovik
They are not fundamentally different. Binary-Dwarf Planet is a sub-classification of Planet.
Wiindful
dwarf planets on our solar system but only eight planets. (2/2)
astrobeard
I'm an astronomy student and all of this arguing over semantics is making me really crave some popcorn
CarlSaganPlsComeBack
Im GONNA be an astronomy student one day... i hope. Whats it like??
astrobeard
If you're dedicated to understanding physics and are also interested in all of its other subfields, it's a dream come true.
astrobeard
Astronomy almost always boils down to either Quantum Mechanics or General Relativity. Surprises a lot of first time astrostudents
StephLovik
Actually classified Dwarf planets there are 4. Pluto Charon Eris and Ceres. The rest are Dwarf-Planet candidates.
BlackStealth08
With the Dawn Spacecraft scientist think Vesta might be a Dwarf Planet.
StephLovik
think, might be. So it's a candidate not an adopted.
BlackStealth08
I never said it was. They are learning about how it formed and it used to be active.
StephLovik
Your reasoning would imply that the gas giants aren't planets either as they are the subclass gas and giant.
Wiindful
Nope, it just is stated that a planet is a celestial body that : (1) is in orbit around the sun, (2) is massive enough to have a round (1/?)
Wiindful
shape, and (3) has cleared its orbit, and dwarves planets only have fulfilled the two first requirements.
StephLovik
Binary Dwarf is a subclass in the same way gas giant is. Just because they haven't cleared their orbit doesn't mean we think they wont.
StephLovik
We have easy computational models that demonstrate that the 4 dwarf planets can and will and have cleared the orbits. The candidates we~
StephLovik
For the 4 classified Dwarf planets we can't say they haven't cleared orbit. We can only say we haven't observed it. (except maybe Ceres.)
BlackStealth08
There are no other objects in Plutos Orbit. Pluto isn't actually in the kibur belt for most of it's orbit.
StephLovik
And don't go creationist with the "where you there" BS. Observable trends are valid scientific inquiry.
StephLovik
haven't been observing long enough to say that.