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2026-05-03 Science & Technology

'American Planet.' The US promises to 'restore Pluto to its former glory.'

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Posted by badanov 2026-05-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1821 views ] Top

1 Pluto and Charon together makes it a binary dwarf planet.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-03 01:13|| 2026-05-03 01:13|| Front Page Top

2 Too many links, had to split my comments:

Yes Charon is not a moon of Pluto, but an companion draft plaint because the barycenterIs between the two draft planets!

There are four other true moons orbiting the draft binary planets though.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-03 01:14|| 2026-05-03 01:14|| Front Page Top

3 Nice, SCFI.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-03 02:11|| 2026-05-03 02:11|| Front Page Top

4 Draft = dwarf planets!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-03 03:20|| 2026-05-03 03:20|| Front Page Top

5 OK, but still amazing at #2!

Posted by Bobby 2026-05-03 04:18|| 2026-05-03 04:18|| Front Page Top

6 At least Pluto has a greater gravitational pull than Stacy Abrams.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-03 07:26|| 2026-05-03 07:26|| Front Page Top

7 /\ How can one be certain ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-03 09:17|| 2026-05-03 09:17|| Front Page Top

8 I still consider Pluto to be a planet. If Tim McBride can pretend to be a woman, I get to define my reality as Pluto being a planet. Now I will go down to my living room and build a fort out of cushions, pillows and blankets.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-03 09:27|| 2026-05-03 09:27|| Front Page Top

9 /\ How can one be certain ?

One would need a great many elephants to test that hypothesis.

Posted by SteveS 2026-05-03 09:39|| 2026-05-03 09:39|| Front Page Top

10 At least Pluto has a greater gravitational pull than Stacy Abrams.

Certainly more attraction.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-03 09:44|| 2026-05-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

11 And Pluto is far more attractive!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-05-03 10:02|| 2026-05-03 10:02|| Front Page Top

12 The current classification requires a 'Planet' to clear almost all the clutter in its orbit. Pluto hasn't done that.

Also there are other objects both in the trans Uranus belt and the 'between Jupiter and Mars' belt that have diameters greater than 100 miles.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-05-03 10:13|| 2026-05-03 10:13|| Front Page Top

13 #10 Snark of the day?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-03 10:40|| 2026-05-03 10:40|| Front Page Top

14 Choosing Snark of the Day is weighty matter. We must ponder us the situation.

Posted by SteveS 2026-05-03 11:13|| 2026-05-03 11:13|| Front Page Top

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