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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 06:50 AM
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I'm glad, it wasn't a planet.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 06:55 AM
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I never liked Pluto... it always seemed like an asshole anyway, I'm glad it's not a planet
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JGordon
I think they created a new class, called "Plutons." Seriously.
After checking out some articles, it looks like they switched from "Plutons" to "Dwarf Planets," which would include Pluto/Charon, Ceres, and Xena. The other 8 planets are called "Classical Planets."
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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Thats a shitty ass article...
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:14 AM
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Better article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5282440.stm
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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We need to send a crew out there and rape it of it's natural resources.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:18 AM
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Thanks
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by clickwir
We need to send a crew out there and rape it of it's natural resources.

Yea, we can collect...uhh ice and rocks :eh:
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:57 AM
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Now we can tell our kids: ''Back in our days, Pluto was a planet!''
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe_Hard
Now we can tell our kids: ''Back in our days, Pluto was a planet!''
:chuckles: at least something good came from this
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