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To: fishtank

This planet is smaller than Pluto but Pluto is not considered a planet anymore? Smells like affirmative action at work.


2 posted on 10/17/2017 8:19:39 AM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: libertylover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet


4 posted on 10/17/2017 8:28:05 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: libertylover

Smells like Uranus................


5 posted on 10/17/2017 8:29:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: libertylover

“This planet is smaller than Pluto but Pluto is not considered a planet anymore? Smells like affirmative action at work.”

Actually, it is more massive than Pluto.

When Pluto was discovered it was thought to be about the size of Earth. Now we know it is much smaller than our moon.


6 posted on 10/17/2017 8:35:56 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: libertylover

Size is not the reason Pluto was demoted.


10 posted on 10/17/2017 8:47:01 AM PDT by mlo
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To: libertylover

I miss Pluto the planet.


14 posted on 10/17/2017 9:21:42 AM PDT by freefdny
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