And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, May 15, 2023
Pluto IS a planet.
Pluto hasn’t completed a single orbit around the sun since it was discovered as a planet in 1930 and downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006. It takes Pluto 248 years to orbit the sun once.
My Daughter in Law is completing her PhD in Astrophysics and gets all wound up and starts ranting when I tell her Pluto isn't a planet. It's hilarious so I do it all the time!
Like everything in life it all depends on how something is defined. When science didn't know about all the other objects of similar size floating around the sun way the hell out there calling Pluto a planet made sense. Now....it doesn't. There are a lot of other objects out there about the same size. Can't really justify calling them planets either.
Good lesson; science has to be challenged as we learn more . At one time margarine ( plastic) was more healthy than natural butter. Pink sweetener was better for you than pure cane sugar. Pink had a cancer disclaimer
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ReplyDeletewoof woof !
ReplyDeleteHa! My favorite T-Shirt design at the People's Cube is the "Free Pluto/Equal Gravity For All Planets!" design.
ReplyDeleteaimed for venus but landed on uranus - looking for luh in all the rong places
ReplyDeleteMy Daughter in Law is completing her PhD in Astrophysics and gets all wound up and starts ranting when I tell her Pluto isn't a planet. It's hilarious so I do it all the time!
ReplyDeleteLike everything in life it all depends on how something is defined. When science didn't know about all the other objects of similar size floating around the sun way the hell out there calling Pluto a planet made sense. Now....it doesn't. There are a lot of other objects out there about the same size. Can't really justify calling them planets either.
ReplyDeleteGood lesson; science has to be challenged as we learn more . At one time margarine ( plastic) was more healthy than natural butter. Pink sweetener was better for you than pure cane sugar. Pink had a cancer disclaimer
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Pluto. A small dick is still a dick
ReplyDeleteCrap I forgot my vote doesn't really count anymore
ReplyDeleteDidn't the Astronomer's Union take a Vote to Restore its Status as a Planet?
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