http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/08/24/pluto-relegated-solar-system-league-now-stands-at-eight/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/08/24/pluto-relegated-solar-system-league-now-stands-at-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-283800 Miss Carnivorous Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:43:19 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2672#comment-283800 My dog, Devil Dog, would make short work of that puny Pluto just as he does all other spherical objects. Why he'd rip all the rough off it. My dog, Devil Dog, would make short work of that puny Pluto just as he does all other spherical objects. Why he'd rip all the rough off it.

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/08/24/pluto-relegated-solar-system-league-now-stands-at-eight/comment-page-1/#comment-283749 Mr. Science Guy Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:56:47 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2672#comment-283749 Pluto had a good run, quite a few years playing with the big boys. We should take a moment to note the real losers here--Ceres, which spent just a few weeks on the planetary waiting list, only to be kicked back down to the minors... and Charon, which looked like the Cinderella story, with every likelihood of vaulting all the way up to 'double planet' status. Now, struggling to hold on to fourth place in the Kuiper Belt League, against newcomer Quaoar, it looks like Charon's career has already peaked. The newly formed dwarf planet league may be the last, best hope for Charon and Pluto, but all the signs seem to indicate that competition could be fierce. Pluto had a good run, quite a few years playing with the big boys. We should take a moment to note the real losers here–Ceres, which spent just a few weeks on the planetary waiting list, only to be kicked back down to the minors… and Charon, which looked like the Cinderella story, with every likelihood of vaulting all the way up to 'double planet' status. Now, struggling to hold on to fourth place in the Kuiper Belt League, against newcomer Quaoar, it looks like Charon's career has already peaked. The newly formed dwarf planet league may be the last, best hope for Charon and Pluto, but all the signs seem to indicate that competition could be fierce.

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