UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

First they came for Pluto’s planethood.

Next they’re coming for Australia’s continenthood.

lugal,

When they came for Pluto, I said nothing because I wasn’t a planet
When they came for Australia, I said nothing because I wasn’t a continent
When they came for Bielefeld, I said nothing because I wasn’t a city
When they came for me, there was no one left to say anything

– Martin Niemöller

troyunrau,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar
x4740N,

Pluto is still a sphere, this is an unfair comparison because Pluto hasn’t been unwrapped

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

It’s actually 4π*(0.5*(length-of-australia))^2 bigger than that.

some_guy,

No shit? Wow, it’s amazing that we were even able to find it.

troyunrau,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

Even more amazing that it was found in the era it was. People were pouring over the skies looking for the next big planet, and instead they found this little guy.

There are still some orbital dynamics suggestions that something large and dark is lurking out there – an ice giant. But it’s still largely conjecture. It’d be interesting to see how they define it should they find something very large (say Neptune mass), but it hasn’t cleared its orbit. Is it a planet or not? :D

lugal,

Actually 🤓 it was James Cook who found Australia and he didn’t go there by ski but by ship and he didn’t find one little guy but exterminated a whole indigenous population

troyunrau,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

Ah shit, a switcheroo!

cosmicrose,
@cosmicrose@lemmy.world avatar

This picture is inaccurate, Pluto is actually much farther away.

mindbleach,

The Alice Springs Pluto Observatory has opened considerably under-budget.

intensely_human,

That’s an avocado pit and you know it

CM400,

Wow, Pluto has approximately the same surface area as Russia

HootinNHollerin,

And now putin starts pumping out propaganda that pluto used to be russian

Numenor,

Do it.

Zier,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

As a former Plutonian, I can confirm it's small, that's why we immigrated to Earth. And fucking cold!

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar
GlassHalfHopeful,
@GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca avatar

Honestly never had a clue. Thanks for the share.

JadenSmith,

What is Pluto doing so close to Australia?

That shouldn’t be allowed. Someone tell it to go back to it’s usual orbit, this is not on.

makyo,

You didn’t know they had a thing? It lasted until Australia found out Pluto wasn’t really a planet.

Agent641,

Fuck off Pluto, we’re full!

edgemaster72,
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

It’s their payback for that whole “clears its orbit” business.

intensely_human,

They’re using it to cool up Australia

johsny,
@johsny@lemmy.world avatar

Small little fucker, no wonder it’s not a planet anymore.

darkdemize,

Straya’s never been a planet, mate.

Zier,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Yeah, but it is a pretty big island.

johsny,
@johsny@lemmy.world avatar

Might as well have been. 😉

lugal,

Still, the surface area is much bigger. Pluto is a real continent

Uebercomplicated,

Discreetly insulting both Australia and Pluto in one sentence! Absolutely love this; will share it with all my Australia and Plutonian friends! If Earth gets attacked, it’s not my fault, but yours :'P

NigelFrobisher,

If Australia attacks Earth you’ll know you’ve been attacked.

hemko,

Hey wtf put Pluto back to where it belongs. Do you have any idea how bad this is for the world economics???

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