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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2011 14:37:44 GMT -5
Is there shit right next to Pluto, or does Pluto hang out like 100 miles south of the Kaiper Belt?
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Oct 31, 2011 14:49:57 GMT -5
There's shit in Pluto's path of orbit (its "neighbourhood", as it's sometimes called).
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2011 14:55:18 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised it hasn't been pulverized by other dwarf planets.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Oct 31, 2011 15:37:40 GMT -5
Pluto's orbital inclination could be a factor in preventing such an event, but don't quote me on that. It's something like 17 degrees (if I recall correctly) relative to the solar reference plane.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Oct 31, 2011 19:24:48 GMT -5
Is there shit right next to Pluto, or does Pluto hang out like 100 miles south of the Kaiper Belt? Pluto is basically IN the Kaiper Belt. As I said, glorified comet.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Oct 31, 2011 19:38:25 GMT -5
Napoleon, I can just picture you flying across the solar system in a spaceship armed with a giant laser so you can exact your revenge upon Pluto.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2011 20:27:19 GMT -5
And then it hurls Kaiper Objects at him.
Yeah, I don't really give a shit about the demotion, as far as the universe is concerned, all planets are glorified comets. It doesn't make sense to be emotionally invested in the rocks. Frankly, I find it exciting that there's more to the solar system.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Oct 31, 2011 21:48:51 GMT -5
Lithp, the thing that causes me to refer to Pluto as a glorified comet is because its composition is such that it would sublimate were it to get much closer to the sun than it already is. It has basically the same shit as a typical comet, just a bit more rock to it. The Earth, on the other hand? Not sublimating. That's the key.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2011 22:35:24 GMT -5
And I'm saying that nature recognizes no difference, we classify the bodies based on standards. I'm not arguing the standards themselves. It just doesn't mean much in reality. It's not like a planet is more likely to house some important discovery simply because we say it's a planet, or anything.
I'm going to be honest, I don't know what "sublimate" means & I don't have time to look up whether or not my guess is accurate right now, but I doubt it changes my post much.
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Post by Oriet on Nov 1, 2011 10:51:12 GMT -5
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 1, 2011 13:44:46 GMT -5
I like its desingnation as a dwarf planet. It does after all have a few of its own moons.
Even cooler is that it maybe a binary dwarf planet orbiting with its partner Charon.
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Post by lighthorseman on Nov 3, 2011 1:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by Yla on Nov 3, 2011 9:27:08 GMT -5
Now when I watch Raumpatrouille Orion, I chuckle doubly when they talk about the base on Transpluto.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 3, 2011 15:35:55 GMT -5
Notice how I disappeared for a few days? I wanted to get that post down because I wasn't sure when I'd get back here. So sue me.
In any case, I don't see how I could have "missed" that, considering I never mentioned the structure of Pluto. Actually, I never argued that it can't be considered a comet either, so I'm not really sure what we're arguing about.
For the record, last I was aware, the consensus was that Pluto was chiefly composed of frozen methane. I did a report on Pluto way back when, complete with a tacky poster that you can't read anything off of. Since its demotion, the position of Favorite Planet has remained unfilled. I mean, really, who can replace Pluto? That gaudy blue eunuch prick Uranus?
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Post by Vene on Nov 3, 2011 16:48:30 GMT -5
Earth is the only interesting planet anyway. Call me when you find life on another one.
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