Thursday, August 24, 2006

Poor Pluto...

Many of you may have been caught up in the exciting and ever-changing status of our solar system. You may have been emotionally torn by such questions as "How many planets do we actually have?" or "What's this I hear about UCB-310 or something like that?" Well, recently, the issue of the status of bunk pseudo-planets was finally decided. The verdict: no new planets have been added to our solar system. The subverdict: according to new definitions and requirements of a "planet" (dictated by the International Astronomical Union), Pluto no longer qualifies as a planet. Looks like the Fellowship is down by one!

Article here

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home