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Top Ten Reasons Why Pluto Is a Planet
10. Possession is nine tenths of the law. Don C, Santa Cruz, CA
9. Look what happened after 40 years of arguing about the name of Planet 7 - we got Uranus. George C, San Antonio, TX
8. [Pluto is] god of the Underworld, not god of the Underachieving World. Earl G, Radford, VA
7. The solar system will be too sexual if it is no longer "plutonic." Paul K, Gilroy, CA
6. It would annoy Neil Tyson no end NOT to reclassify Pluto, and that makes for good entertainment for the astronomical community. Lonny B, Parsippany, NJ
5. We'd have to rename Plutonium if it wasn't. Transneptunianium? Yuck. Lyford R, Ventura, CA
4. If Pluto isn't a planet, then My Very Eager Mother Just Sewed Us New...What? New what! Doug E, Leicester, UK
3. It annoys people who like tidy categories. Dennis D, Baton Rouge, LA
2. I'd like a few of the things that I learned in grade school still to be true. David S, Kingwood, TX
1. Eight Is NOT Enough. Jim B, Pasadena, CA
Top Ten Reasons Why Pluto Is Not a Planet
10. If 7-8-9 then only 8 planets remain. Greg M, Costa Mesa, CA
9. Pluto fans didn't raise enough money to bribe the members of the IAU (International Astronomical Union). Torsten Z, Germany
8. When my son asks "Why is Pluto a planet, but Ceres isn't?" I want a better answer than "Old people are afraid of change." Joshua B, Seattle, WA
7. Things are tough all over. It's time to tighten our Kuiper belt and kick out the stragglers. Alan C, San Antonio, TX
6. It would be the first planet to melt into a puddle of water and pebbles if it got too warm. Jane, Silver Springs, MD
5. We could retroactively say that Voyager 2 DID complete the Grand Tour of Outer Planets. Lyford R, Ventura, CA
4. As a small body in the outer solar system, Pluto is lowering the property values of its larger neighbors. Dave O, Fenton, MI
3. Pluto is a Disney character who has been in 48 of his own cartoons, which makes him a star, not a planet. Ryan C, North Adams, MA
2. I would finally be able to listen to Holst's "The Planets" without feeling shortchanged. Lyford R, Ventura, CA
1. It doesn't appear to be so inclined. Lyford R, Ventura, CA
--The Planetary Society
January 19 2006, 19:15:20 UTC 6 years ago
although, i learned it (never in school, but as an adult) as "my very educated mother just showed us nine planets."
January 20 2006, 05:51:41 UTC 6 years ago
I just remember them as Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Xena.
January 20 2006, 05:58:37 UTC 6 years ago
Roy G. Biv is disappointed...
What?! You don't remember Ruff Reed teaching us the immortal mnemonic "emm vem jay sun...period?" The California taxpayers sure wasted a bundle on YOUR education, I must say.January 20 2006, 06:12:00 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Roy G. Biv is disappointed...
Why is it that the mnemonic devices always seem harder to remember than just remembering the thing itself?Anonymous
January 20 2006, 15:42:02 UTC 6 years ago
Re: Roy G. Biv is disappointed...
Good point. In Anatomy last semester, we made extensive use of mnemonics. For the very reason you state, I think, most of them were mildly dirty. I've still forgotten them.Deleted comment
January 20 2006, 05:52:48 UTC 6 years ago
Re: I Don't Know Why...
I believe every show of a certain brow has made Uranus jokes. And it's fucking funny every time.