August 17, 2006
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Oh no! Not Pluto! Don’t get rid of Pluto!
We’re not talking about the yellow Disney dog. Although have you ever wondered why Goofy, a
talking, walking-on-two-legs dog, would be Pluto’s owner/master? A dog owning another dog; that just seems
weird.
What we’re talking about is the
International Astronomical Union is reevaluating the definition of what a “planet”
is. There has been some consideration
that Pluto would be removed since it’s an extremely small planet. One the other hand there is also the
consideration of adding three more planets for a total of twelve in our solar
system. Charon, the largest of Pluto’s
moon, Ceres, an astroid which was classified as a planet before it was demoted
and Xena, the Warrior Princess planet.
(It’s actually called 2003 UB313 but Xena is the nickname the founder of
the planet mass gave it.) Man, that’s
going to kill the mnemonic that was taught in grade school.The new planet order would be: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
Pluto, Charon and Xena. But lets not jump the gun here. We’ll stick to My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza Pies (ok the last word doesn’t count but it makes it easier to remember)
Comments (3)
haha, good point about pluto and goofy.
oooh…. more planets…… it’s so crazy to think how big the solar system is, sorta like how it’s crazy to think that dinosaurs existed at one point. i wonder if God’s just trying to play pranks on us.
dude…you are too much…good stuff though…so you watched xena too? i thought i was the only one…ha ha!
It truly is amazing at all the things that God does around us. Life is never stale when looking for God’s splendor. heh I said I watch “good TV”
Actually I’ve watched Xena on and off. Usually doing stuff on Saturdays. My brother on the other hand was a devoted follower (not _koine_ but my other brother =)