For the astronomers and astrophysicists amongst us...

[auld argonian]

I just looked at Wikipedia to find out what the symbol for Pluto was...you know those little shorthand symbols that they use in astronomy...little horned coptic crosses and circle-arrow things...and those BASTARDS already have Pluto listed as a "NON-PLANET"! AAAARGGGHH!

Is this a Prince thing? "The planet formerly known as Pluto"?

Rats!


Best

AA

[Panache]

Iolaus wrote: Given that Charon has approximately 11.65% of the mass of Pluto, I'd say that it's Pluto's moon regardless of the relative orbits.

Looking at it another way...

Charon is over half the diameter of Pluto!

Dwarf Planet!



By the by, I was wrong. Ceres has been bumped up to Dwarf Planet as well.

-1 planet, -1 moon +3 Dwarf Planets

Cheers

[mddock58]

So............Eventually....Pluto may end up as one of the Seven Dwarfs?

(Assuming that others will be found out there!)

[Panache]

So............Eventually....Pluto may end up as one of the Seven Dwarfs?

(Assuming that others will be found out there!)

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[auld argonian]

So that's Grumpy, Sleepy, Pluto, Sneezy, Nixon, Bashful and K-Fed, right?

Best

AA

[mddock58]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Sorry Panache.............I just couldn't resist!

As we understand more, that understanding is changed. Knowledge is a dynamic, not a static thing.