Common Sense

Apparently, Pluto is no longer a planet, thanks to a “new definition” for what a planet is.

After centuries of confusion, astronomers finally produced a working set of guidelines and a definition in deciding which space object is a planet and which is not.

The International Astronomical Union, a worldwide society of astronomers from 75 countries voted on the final proposal after more than a week of heated debates over the standards in properly classifying celestial bodies into different categories.

As a result, the solar system’s lineup of planets has been pared down to eight when 424 astronomers voted Pluto into obscurity and designated it as just a mere “dwarf planet” like hundreds more of space rocks in the fringes of the system.

That leaves eight planets in our system, making MVEMJSNUP completely useless, and a whole episode of Saved By the Bell wrong.

That’s not all. Don’t let the article fool you into thinking this has really been going on for centuries. Pluto wasn’t even discovered until 1928 (I think) by Dr. Hubble (not the telescope). The real debate is over what you name planets after. Naming a planet Xena after a show about lesbians is fine, but naming a planet after Mickey Mouse’s dog is lame.

I don’t care what these nerds with too much masturbation time on their hands (no pun intended) have to say, Pluto will always be a planet.