fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-21 month ago& God said, "He whom smelt it, dealt it."imagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down120
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minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat about Ceres, Quaoar, Makmake and Haumea? What about Sedna, Eris and gonggong? How could anyone forget about gonggong?
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·30 days agoThose were never labeled planets. Pluto was. Arbitrary classification changed to keep Earth’s label important. Wierdly earth centric decision.
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·30 days agoThe classifications were always arbitrary. But if you were to change the classification back to what it was before the dwarf plant thing you’d still be including other dwarf planets.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoSure… what would be wrong with that?
What about Ceres, Quaoar, Makmake and Haumea? What about Sedna, Eris and gonggong? How could anyone forget about gonggong?
Those were never labeled planets. Pluto was. Arbitrary classification changed to keep Earth’s label important. Wierdly earth centric decision.
The classifications were always arbitrary. But if you were to change the classification back to what it was before the dwarf plant thing you’d still be including other dwarf planets.
Sure… what would be wrong with that?