Hades is pissed off.

[twincityhacker]

Pluto is no longer a planet.

Pluto and Charon, along with 2003 UB313 (It will be eventually renamned, hopfully) and Ceres will now be considered "dwarf planets." Pluto and Charon are probably going to be considered a double dwarf planet, but that's just a guess.

Oh, the reason all this happened is that the astronomical community decied on a formal definition of a planet. To be considered a planet, the body:

* must be in orbit around the Sun
* must be large enough that it takes on a nearly round shape
* has cleared its orbit of other objects

Pluto was disqualifd as it has an orbt that takes it though the path of Neptune's orbit.

...Would it be bad form to invite Hades for some consolatary seker pare? Or should I sacrifice a black bull in a pit instead?

Comments

[kazokuhouou.livejournal.com]

WHAT ABOUT SAILOR PLUTO? WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF SAILOR PLUTO?

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

OMG. I TOTALY FORGOT SALIOR PLUTO.

There needs to be fanfic about this. Yes. *scurries off*

[myrthrilmercury.livejournal.com]

LOL! I forgot to read your comment. Oops. :P

[myrthrilmercury.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who has unrestricted access to the University of Arizona and its telescopes. She's an astronomy grad student. I'm gonna ask her for an explanation, 'cause I'm confused as hell.

On another note, what will happen to Sailor Pluto?

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the obtusesness of the post. I'm more upset about Pluto's demotion than to fully explain the whys and wherefores of it. It makes sense why they did it, I'm just onot particuarly pleased about it. I kept hoping that maybe Pluto would be grandfathered in.

Though if she's at Arizona State, there might be a drama about it as well because Pluto was discovered at the Lowell Observotory in Flagstaff. = )

[hideyuki-tah.livejournal.com]

Poor Sailor Pluto... my condolences....

What about Neptune though? How come that doesn't get jacked up over this? Pluto's probably thinking "that ass Neptune get's to stay a planet, but I'm out? Oh fuck the whole 8 of you!" and then has some affair with Charon. Earth just loves to screw with the universe.

Somewhere a new "planet" in a galaxy is crying over this...

...It's late and I'm bored. All this amused me :P

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Neptune has a more regular orbit than Pluto does, so it won the planethood contest.

I think Pluto and Charon are havig an affair with 2003 UB313, but that's just me.