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Pluto's Orbit

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean to tell me it hasn’t even been a year since we discovered Pluto?!

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    • einlander@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was discovered, made a planet, and then kicked out the club in that time.

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      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s been a really rough year for Pluto. Let’s all wish it good luck next year (when humans are probably dead).

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  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alright, setting a reminder

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since it is discovery

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  • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lazy fake planet

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was the runt of the litter and didn’t survive full planet hood.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you considered that angering the god of the Underworld is why we’re on our current mess?

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Marked on my calendar, see you all there!

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    !remind_me 1868 months

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fine I’ll do look it up. Discovered 1930, so that makes a Pluto year 278 Earth years.

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  • Felling_High_Horses@endlesstalk.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    its ಠ_ಠ

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How can we even know it’s a planet when we haven’t observed a single orbit, yet?
    Maybe it’s just a really big comet.

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    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’ve observed enough of its orbit to know what shape it is.

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      • NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How can you be so sure it doesn’t just decide to leave

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    • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not really big. There are multiple Pluto like planetoids. Also there is a hunk of rock in the asteroid belt youcould name a planet.

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      • psud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ceres is more than a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. It’s at least an order of magnitude bigger than anything else in its orbit. It’s hardly a hunk of rock

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    • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      By measuring how fast it’s moving and where it is you can find the orbit

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  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Second thing I noticed: Ooh, is that so? That’s interesting.

    First thing: its not it’s

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Will it or won’t it be a planet by then?

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    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We will call it a planet if we plan it.

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      • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So please don’t tell me to can it I’ve got one thing to say and that’s

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    • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      depends on how you define “planet”.

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dwarf planet is a planet!

        IAU names aren’t the best, “planet” should be major planet.

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  • niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pluto Party Time!
    How much longer? I"ve got my costume ready and everything…

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hopefully the AI Contruct that we will create will be able to witness it.

    Because I don’t think humans are surviving that long.

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    • asg101@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If humans start digging now some of them might make it in sealed self-contained bunkers.

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  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Temporary planet designation for its birthday!!! Time for Christmas spirit, y’all!

    On that note, Santa and all his elves will have drowned from North pole melting long before then.

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I might end up missing that, too‽ Goddammit!

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