Fourth Moon found orbiting Pluto

[darth-hideous]

It's so small i'm surprised they were able to spot it.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...moon?gt1=43001

[samparnell]

It's so small i'm surprised they were able to spot it.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...moon?gt1=43001

Does that make it a planet again?

[12and4]

lol...

YAY!!!!!!!!!!

[Fargo]

Awesome find. It always amazed how much detail is right in this solar system.

[HUMCALC]

So we have four moons orbiting a "non-planet" and there's at least 3 planets with less moons. Scientists need to get their act straight & name Pluto a planet again. It's weird currently only having 8

[MileHighInNY]

So we have four moons orbiting a "non-planet" and there's at least 3 planets with less moons. Scientists need to get their act straight & name Pluto a planet again. It's weird currently only having 8

It also ruins the mnemonic we were taught in Elementary School to help us remember the order of the planets; "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine" doesn't make any sense (and is an incomplete sentence! Horrors!) without "Pizzas" at the end!

[#87Birdman]

It also ruins the mnemonic we were taught in Elementary School to help us remember the order of the planets; "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine" doesn't make any sense (and is an incomplete sentence! Horrors!) without "Pizzas" at the end!

Pizzas is so much better they always taught us Pies. I would gladly take pizza over pie. I like pizzaa.. *drool*

[PowderAddict]

If we're naming Pluto a planet then we have to name Eris a planet also.

EITHER WAY YOUR MNEMONIC IS SCREWED

[HUMCALC]

Pizzas is so much better they always taught us Pies. I would gladly take pizza over pie. I like pizzaa.. *drool*

So would I

[Southstander]

We don't "have" to do nothing we do not want to do. Eris can pound rocks.

[PowderAddict]

We don't "have" to do nothing we do not want to do. Eris can pound rocks.

What, are you a globist?

Just because Eris isn't in the neighborhood that Pluto - Mercury is in we're going to ignore it?

I welcome all planets/dwarf planets equally and openly.

[MileHighInNY]

If we're naming Pluto a planet then we have to name Eris a planet also.

EITHER WAY YOUR MNEMONIC IS SCREWED

We could change it to say "Nine Kielbasas", to learn the order as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Kuiper Belt, I guess.

It is fascinating that they've solved the whole "Planet X" mystery, which was so fascinating to 8-year-old me!

[Garywolf001]

Does that make it a planet again?

No, Plutos problem is it crosses orbits with another planet, it hast to have a clear orbit.

[MileHighInNY]

Pizzas is so much better they always taught us Pies. I would gladly take pizza over pie. I like pizzaa.. *drool*

Actually, when I first learned it, my teacher (who was a big fan of all things outer space) taught it as "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza Pies"--the second "P" standing for Planet X. She was absolutely convinced that something else was out there and would be found orbiting the sun beyond Pluto (looks like she was right!). So I had both Pizza and Pies!

[MileHighInNY]

No, Plutos problem is it crosses orbits with another planet, it hast to have a clear orbit.

Right, and if we get rid of that requirement to vindicate Pluto, then things get really crazy because, in addition to Eris and all the other plutoids, we probably also need to consider Ceres as a planet, which puts a "C" between Mars and Jupiter and REALLY screws up the mnemonic!